Legal Opinion
Bell v. Dorchester Theatre Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 11, 1941PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCox, J.
This is an action of tort to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff on December 21, 1935, when she was a patron in the defendant’s theatre. There was a verdict for the plaintiff. The exceptions of the defendant are to the alleged refusal of the trial judge to give some of its requests for rulings.
The jury could have found that the plaintiff was rightfully in the defendant’s theatre as a patron, occupying the seat that had been assigned to her by an usher; that as she was changing or moving her position in the seat, the back of the seat broke and…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Adamaitis v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1936
- Kelley v. GoldbergMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934
- Bergeron v. ForestMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1919
- Ryan v. Fall River Iron Works Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1908
- White v. MugarMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1932
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Commonwealth v. FreemanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
- Commonwealth v. BendersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1972
- Barry v. KeelerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1947
- Higgins v. PrattMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
- Salter v. LeventhalMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1958
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