Conley v. United Drug Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort for personal injuries sustained on November 6,1911, when the plaintiff was engaged in the performance of her duties as an employee of the United Perfume Company, by reason of an explosion that occurred in the basement of the building numbered 63 on Leon Street in Boston “where the defendant carried on its business,” the first floor of the building being occupied by the plaintiff’s employer as a tenant of the defendant, which owned the building and occupied the other…
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Tort for personal injuries sustained on November 6,1911, when the plaintiff was engaged in the performance of her duties as an employee of the United Perfume Company, by reason of an explosion that occurred in the basement of the building numbered 63 on Leon Street in Boston “where the defendant carried on its business,” the first floor of the building being occupied by the plaintiff’s employer as a tenant of the defendant, which owned the building and occupied the other floors and the basement. Writ dated November 24, 1911. In the Superior Court the case was tried before McLaughlin, J., who…
1Opinion of the CourtCrosby, J.
This is an action brought by a minor, by her next friend, for physical injuries alleged to have been received by her by reason of the explosion of. a cylindrical tank. This tank was about four feet long and seven inches in diameter, and contained liquid carbonic acid gas. The explosion occurred in the basement of a building owned and, with the exception of the first floor, occupied by the defendant as a factory. The plaintiff was employed by the United Perfume Company, which occupied the first floor of the building.
I. The defendant contends that the plaintiff’s injuries were due wholly to…
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