¶1The evidence offered by the defendant was properly rejected, because it was immaterial; and the instructions to the jury were correct. Nothing appears in the case which tends to show any concurrence of either of the plaintiffs in the unlawful act of the defendant which caused the injury or any negligence in respect to it. Exceptions overruled.
104 Mass. 71
Fisk v. Wait
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 15, 1870
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · decided 1870-03-15
Two actions of tort ; the first, for injuries occasioned to an infant by the negligent firing of a rocket by the defendant; the second, by the infant’s father, for a loss of his child’s services by reason of said injuries, and for the expenses of causing him to be attended by a surgeon. The principal injury alleged was the loss of one of the child’s eyes.
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Decided 1870-03-15
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