Jordan v. Middlesex Railroad
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort for personal injuries. Trial in the Superior Court, before Mason, J., who allowed a bill of exceptions, in substance as follows: There was evidence tending to show that the plaintiff was a married woman, living with her husband; and that, besides doing ordinary housework, she took in sewing, the proceeds of which she applied to the support of the family of her husband.
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Tort for personal injuries. Trial in the Superior Court, before Mason, J., who allowed a bill of exceptions, in substance as follows: There was evidence tending to show that the plaintiff was a married woman, living with her husband; and that, besides doing ordinary housework, she took in sewing, the proceeds of which she applied to the support of the family of her husband. The plaintiff’s counsel contended that she had been earning about $200 per year in addition to her board; and that the jury should find a verdict of such an amount as, put at interest, would, allowing the term of life…
1Opinion of the CourtW. Allen, J.
The instructions given state clearly the correct rule of damages, and contain all that the defendant asked for, except the proposition, which the court properly refused to give to the jury, that the earnings of the plaintiff belonged to her husband. See Pub. Sts. c. 147, § 4.
Exceptions overruled.
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