O'Brien v. M P Theatres Corporation

These are petitions for writs of certiorari praying that a decision of the superior court, granting respondent’s motion to strike out the third and fourth counts from the declarations, in actions at law brought by the respective petitioners, be quashed. They were heard before us on citations to show cause why the prayer of each petition should not be granted and the same questions are raised in both cases.

The actions at law in question, which were trespass on the case for negligence, were brought following our decision that judgments of nonsuit should be entered.for the defendant in the…