Andrews v. Williamson
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Two actions 03? tort, one by Margaret Andrews to recover for injuries received by her on June 26, 1903, caused by her breaking through one of the steps of a house owned by the defendant in Everett -and the second by Russell E. Andrews, the husband of Margaret, for expenses and loss of her society caused by the injuries.
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Two actions 03? tort, one by Margaret Andrews to recover for injuries received by her on June 26, 1903, caused by her breaking through one of the steps of a house owned by the defendant in Everett -and the second by Russell E. Andrews, the husband of Margaret, for expenses and loss of her society caused by the injuries. Writs dated November 16, 1903. On February 28> 1904, the defendant died and the administrator of her estate filed a suggestion of death and came in to defend the action. In the Superior Court the cases were tried together before Bond, J. The facts which were admitted or which…
1Opinion of the CourtHammond, J.
These two actions were tried together. At the trial it was admitted that the defendant was the owner of the premises where the accident occurred, and that at the time of the accident the relation of landlord and tenant existed between the defendant and the plaintiff Russell E. Andrews. The evidence was undisputed that the plaintiffs began to occupy the premises in February, 1902, and had continued such occupation up to the time of the accident which occurred in June, 1903; that the building “ was a double tenement house with an upper and a lower flat,” the plaintiffs occupying the lower flat…
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