Meniz v. Mill
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff on June 12, 1911, while in the employ of the defendant at New Bedford. Writ dated October 25, 1911. The case came on for trial before White, J. The declaration contained counts both at common law and under the employers’ liability act. “No question was made about the pleadings.”
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Tort for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff on June 12, 1911, while in the employ of the defendant at New Bedford. Writ dated October 25, 1911. The case came on for trial before White, J. The declaration contained counts both at common law and under the employers’ liability act. “No question was made about the pleadings.” It appeared in evidence that in response to a message from the plaintiff, E. Raymond Walsh, Esquire, an attorney at law, residing and practising at Providence, in the State of Rhode Island, went to the residence of the plaintiff in New Bedford and consulted with…
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C. J.
The only question raised in this case is the sufficiency of the notice, the giving of which was a condition precedent to the maintenance of the plaintiff’s action. Within the statutory time a communication from a duly authorized attorney in fact of the plaintiff was sent to the defendant, as follows:
"Bliss & Walsh.
Law Offices, 19 College Street,
Telephone. Providence, R. I., June 28,1911. .
Quisset Mills,
New Bedford, Mass.
Gentlemen: — Joseph Menise has retained us in the matter of his case against your company for injuries sustained through the negligent starting of an engine while said Menise…
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