Legal Opinion
Beauregard v. Capitol Amusement Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided September 13, 1938PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtQua, J.
This is an action for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff while a patron in a theatre operated by the defendant. It is alleged that one of the performers employed by the defendant negligently threw a card from the stage in such a manner that it struck the plaintiff’s eye. The defendant set up in abatement the pendency of an earlier action by the plaintiff against the defendant for the same cause of action.'
The present action was brought July 27, 1931. The former action was entered in a district court during the previous April. The plaintiff filed a discontinuance therein on July 28,…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Commonwealth v. ChurchillMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1809
- Cutter v. CooperMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1920
- Alpert v. Mercury Publishing Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1930
- Powers v. HeggieMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1929
- Consolidated Ordnance Co. v. MarshMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1917
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Alabama Power Co. v. City of ScottsboroSupreme Court of Alabama · 1939
- McGrath v. SullivanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
- Stahler v. SevinorMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1949
- Kelly v. First Citizens Bankers Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
- Coco v. LenfestMassachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · 1967
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