Legal Opinion
Brown v. Church of the Holy Name of Jesus
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided April 7, 1969PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPowers, J.
This civil action was brought by Stanley A. Brown, Jr. as administrator of the estate of Russell J. Brown, his son, who died in a drowning accident on August 11, 1965, while participating in an outing conducted under *324the auspices of the defendant church. All of the parties are Rhode Island residents, but the death occurred in the commonwealth of Massachusetts.
The plaintiff commenced his action by a complaint filed August 5, 1967, containing four counts, which allege the circumstances of the outing, injury and death. Paragraph 2 of plaintiff’s first count specifically pleads the Massachusetts…
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