Harvey v. Crane
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Four actions of tort, the first and second actions being for personal injuries caused by the leaving open, by the defendant in the first action while acting as the servant or agent of the defendant in the second action, of a trap door beneath which was a stairway connecting the kitchen of a tenement occupied by the plaintiff and her husband with an undertaking establishment occupied by the defendant corporation; and the third and fourth actions being by the husband for…
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Four actions of tort, the first and second actions being for personal injuries caused by the leaving open, by the defendant in the first action while acting as the servant or agent of the defendant in the second action, of a trap door beneath which was a stairway connecting the kitchen of a tenement occupied by the plaintiff and her husband with an undertaking establishment occupied by the defendant corporation; and the third and fourth actions being by the husband for consequential damages. Writs dated March 17, 1919. The actions were tried together béfore Lawton, J. The bill of exceptions…
1Opinion of the CourtCarroll, J.
These four actions of tort were brought to recover damages for injuries received by Mrs. Harvey, hereafter called the plaintiff, by falling through an opening of a stairway leading from the Idtchen of her tenement. One action by her is against H. R. Crane (hereinafter called the -defendant) and one against the Horace R. Crane Company, owner of the building, of which company the defendant was president and manager. The other actions are brought by the plaintiff’s husband against the same defendants for consequential damages. The cases went to the jury on the count alleging gross negligence.…
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