Mitchell v. Lynn Fire & Police Notification Co.

The plaintiff, a boy fifteen years old, while standing on the sidewalk in front of “the Besse-Rolfe store” in Lynn waiting for a car, was injured in consequence of the raising by one Hartigan, a servant of the defendant, of an awning which was attached to the front of the store and extended over the sidewalk.

There was evidence that the defendant was employed by the owner of the building to raise this awning each day; that when the awning was raised the end nearest the building of the iron bar which supported it would slide down in a groove or slot in a rod which was attached vertically to the…