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Commonwealth v. BuckleyCommonwealth v. Buckley

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Nov 26, 1888
Reporters:
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Before:
Knowlton
Knowlton, J.

The only tenement for the keeping of which the jury were ‍​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​​‍permitted in this case to hold the defendant liable, was the hotel called the American House. What rooms were included in that ‍​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​​‍tenement was plainly a question of fact for the jury. There was evidence sufficient to warrant a finding that the room below ‍​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​​‍was a part of it. The fact that this room was not used or occupied during a part of the time named ‍​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​​‍in the *583complaint was only a circumstance bearing upon the question whether it belonged to the tenement.

The instructions were appropriate to any view ‍​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​​‍of the evidence that the jury might take, and were sufficient.

Exceptions overruled.

Case Details

Case Name: Commonwealth v. Buckley
Court Name: Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Date Published: Nov 26, 1888
Citations: 18 N.E. 571; 147 Mass. 581; 1888 Mass. LEXIS 167
Court Abbreviation: Mass.
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