MANN v. COOK


346 Mass. 174 (1963)

190 N.E.2d 676

ROBERT F. MANN & another vs. HOBART H. COOK, JR. & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Norfolk.

June 3, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. Cornell for the defendant Cook.

Edward O. Proctor (Edward O. Proctor, Jr., with him) for the plaintiffs.

Walter F. Henneberry for the defendant Costin.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., SPALDING, CUTTER, KIRK, & SPIEGEL, JJ.


SPALDING, J.

A summary of the evidence in this very unusual action of tort is as follows: Robert F. Mann, hereinafter called the plaintiff, and the defendants, Hobart H. Cook, Jr., and William G. Costin, III, all aged fourteen, were students at a private boarding school in this Commonwealth. They lived on the same floor of a dormitory comprising twelve rooms which opened onto a corridor five feet in width and slightly more than sixty feet in length. Prior to the accident...

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