Knox v. Lamoureaux

The question for decision in this action of tort is whether the judge erred in denying the defendant’s motion for a directed verdict.

The jury could have found the following: Late in the evening of January 6, 1956, the plaintiff and the defendant while at a dance club in Norton got into an argument over a girl and, as a fight appeared imminent, the defendant was asked to leave, and did so. Outside of the club, and elsewhere, the plaintiff and the defendant engaged in further encounters, both physical and verbal, over the girl. Finally, the defendant made off in his automobile with the girl and…