POULIOT v. BLACK


341 Mass. 531 (1960)

170 N.E.2d 709

DONALD J. POULIOT & another vs. MAURICE BLACK.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

December 7, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph F. Elcock, Jr., for the plaintiffs.

John F. Finnerty, for the defendant.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., SPALDING, WILLIAMS, WHITTEMORE, & CUTTER, JJ.


WILLIAMS, J.

In this action of tort by a minor (hereinafter called the plaintiff) to recover for personal injury from being hit by a golf ball, and by his father for consequential damage, verdicts were ordered for the defendant. In his answer the defendant pleaded the plaintiff's contributory negligence and his assumption of risk. There was evidence that the plaintiff, a boy of ten years, was injured on June 19, 1954, while...

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