Ford v. Trident Fisheries Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort by the administratrix of the estate of Jerome Ford, late of Boston, against the Trident Fisheries Company, a corporation • organized under the laws of the State of Maine, for negligently causing the death by drowning of the plaintiff’s intestate on December 21, 1916, when he was employed as the mate of the defendant’s steam trawler called the Long Island.
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Tort by the administratrix of the estate of Jerome Ford, late of Boston, against the Trident Fisheries Company, a corporation • organized under the laws of the State of Maine, for negligently causing the death by drowning of the plaintiff’s intestate on December 21, 1916, when he was employed as the mate of the defendant’s steam trawler called the Long Island. Writ dated December 26, 1916. In the Superior Court the case was tried before White, J. At the close of the plaintiff’s evidence, which is described in the opinion, the judge, upon motion of the defendant, ordered a verdict for the…
1Opinion of the CourtCarroll, J.
The plaintiff’s intestate was drowned while employed as mate of the defendant’s steam trawler, the Long Island. This action is to recover damages for his death.
On December 21, 1916, about five o’clock in the afternoon, the vessel left T Wharf, Boston, bound for the “ Georges,” which are fishing banks in Massachusetts waters. About six o’clock, shortly after passing Boston Light, the plaintiff’s intestate, Jerome Ford, came on deck to take charge of his watch as mate of the vessel. He came from the galley in the forecastle and walked aft on the starboard side. As he was ascending a flight of…
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