Horaho v. Wanelik

This is an action of trespass for death by wrongful act. The action is brought under general laws 1923, chapter 333, sec. 14, by Mary L. Horaho, widow of Thomas J. Horaho, against Felix Wanelik and his wife, Sofia Wanelik, for causing the death of the said Thomas J. Horaho by assault and battery. The defendants filed three pleas, the general issue, self defense and defense of habitation, to the plaintiff’s declaration. The case thereupon proceeded to trial before a justice of the superior court sitting with a jury. At the conclusion of the evidence, each defendant moved for the direction of a…