Daigneault v. Town of Auburn

In this action of tort brought under G. L. c. 84, § 15, three of the plaintiffs (Elizabeth Daigneault, Evelyn Christian, and Claire Cody) seek compensation for personal injuries; the plaintiff John Daigneault seeks to recover for property damage. Verdicts were returned for the defendant with respect to each plaintiff. The case comes *613here on the plaintiffs’ exceptions to a certain portion of the judge’s charge and to his refusal to give certain instructions requested by the plaintiffs.

There was evidence of the following. On November 14, 1962, the plaintiffs (with the exception of John…