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COURIS v. CASCO AMUSEMENT CORP.

333 Mass. 740 (1956)

133 N.E.2d 250

THEODORE COURIS vs. CASCO AMUSEMENT CORPORATION.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Essex.

March 28, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Liacos, for the plaintiff, submitted a brief.

Frank M. Lewis, for the defendant.

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

WILLIAMS, J.

This is an action to recover damages for personal injuries received on November 25, 1951, in Peabody when a seat in a theatre maintained and operated by the defendant collapsed. There was evidence that while the plaintiff, who was a ticket holder, was "watching the show," the seat in which he was sitting "suddenly collapsed," and he fell to the floor. A bolt which had come out of the seat was later found. The seat was one of the five hundred or six hundred...

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