BENNETT v. MARQUIS


325 Mass. 375 (1950)

90 N.E.2d 551

MARY E. BENNETT, administratrix, vs. GEORGE G. MARQUIS.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

February 10, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J.S. McKenney, for the defendant.

O.S. Allen, for the plaintiff.

Present: QUA, C.J., RONAN, WILKINS, SPALDING, & COUNIHAN, JJ.


RONAN, J.

The plaintiff's intestate was shot through the head and killed at about noontime on a clear and pleasant day in December, 1945, while he was deer hunting with others, including the defendant, in Ashby. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff. The defendant excepted to the denial of a motion for a directed verdict.

The questions presented are the sufficiency of the evidence to identify the defendant as the one who fired the shot that killed...

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