BOYER v. NEW ENGLAND CITRUS BOWL, INC.


347 Mass. 107 (1964)

196 N.E.2d 642

WILFRED BOYER vs. NEW ENGLAND CITRUS BOWL, INC.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Worcester.

February 28, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph F. Sawyer, Jr., for the defendant.

Stanley B. Milton for the plaintiff.

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


KIRK, J.

In this action of tort for negligence the sole question is whether the defendant was entitled to a directed verdict.

It is not disputed that on January 6, 1961, the plaintiff, while standing at the foot of a conveyor or slide, was struck and injured by a carton of canned goods placed on the conveyor by an employee of the defendant. The circumstances preceding and attending the injury, as gathered from the agreed bill of exceptions, must be stated...

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