Conroy v. Inhabitants of Clinton

The plaintiff is the widow of Anthony Conroy, and brings this action, under the St. of 1887, c. 270, § 2, for his death, he being killed on November 6, 1890, while laying pipe in the bottom of a sewer trench, which was being constructed by the defendant. The immediate cause of the death was the caving in of the walls of the trench. The declaration contains four counts. The first and third are based upon clause 1 of § 1 of the St. of 1887, c. 270, and the second and fourth upon clause 2 of the same statute. The first and third differ only in this respect, that one alleges that Conroy was…