Legal Opinion
Sterling v. Frederick Leyland & Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 27, 1922PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C.J.
The plaintiff as administrator of the estates of William L. Sterling and of William E. Sterling seeks to maintain these two cases as actions of tort under R. L. c. 171, § 2, as amended by St. 1907, c. 375 (see now G. L. c. 229, § 5), to recover damages for the death of his two intestates. They died on November 2,1916, each being then in the employ of one Tully. The death of each is now alleged to have been due to poisonous fumigating gases accumulated and remaining in the hold of a steamship lying in navigable waters in the port of Boston through the negligence of the owner, Frederick Leyland…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Southern Pacific Company v. JensenSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- The HarrisburgSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Western Fuel Co. v. GarciaSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
- Duggan v. Bay State Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1918
- Gould's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1913
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3Cited by31 opinions
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- Gallagher v. WheelerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
- Bickford v. FurberMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1930
- Central National Bank v. City of LynnMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1927
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