Quinn v. Crimmings
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort, by the administratrix of Peter L. Quinn, for injuries sustained by her intestate from the falling of a division fence, which, it was alleged, the defendant suffered to remain in an unsafe condition. At the trial in the Superior Court, before Bond, J., the jury returned a verdict for the defendant; and the plaintiff alleged exceptions. The material facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtHolmes, J.
This is an action to recover for personal injuries suffered by the plaintiff’s intestate, of which he afterwards died. The deceased had gone to a drinking place, bad drunk one glass of whiskey and was leaving the place, when a fence dividing the premises from the defendant’s land fell upon him without warning. The testimony was that the deceased was sober, and was *256doing nothing to cause the fence to fall. The jury found for the defendant, and the case is here on exceptions to certain rulings and refusals to rule. It is not necessary to set these forth at length, as the questions raised by…
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