Conley v. Portland Gas Light Co.
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On motion and exceptions by defendant. Action at common law to recover damages for negligence resulting in the death of the plaintiff’s intestate, caused by an explosion of gas August 11, 1900, at the defendant’s works in Portland, and alleging that death was not immediate and that it was attended with conscious suffering.
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On motion and exceptions by defendant. Action at common law to recover damages for negligence resulting in the death of the plaintiff’s intestate, caused by an explosion of gas August 11, 1900, at the defendant’s works in Portland, and alleging that death was not immediate and that it was attended with conscious suffering. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of $7,500. The defendant filed a general motion for a new trial and was also allowed exceptions which appear in the opinion. The court having sustained the exceptions did not consider the motion for a new trial.
1Opinion of the CourtPowers, J.
This is an action to. recover for injuries alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant in the management of its works at its gas plant in Portland. The writ alleges negligence in regard to employment of servants, defective condition of piping and appliances of the works, and that by reason of Such negligence an explosion occurred resulting in the death of the plaintiff’s intestate, an employee of the defendant at its works.
The cáse comes before=the law court on motion and exceptions by defendant. The first exception relates to the refusal of the1 presiding justice to rule…
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