Parker v. Providence & Stonington Steamboat Co.
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Trespass on the Case for personal injuries to the plaintiff’s testator resulting in his death. On demurrer to the declaration.
1Opinion
After the overruling of the defendant's demurrer to the plaintiff's declaration, in this case, the defendant pleaded the following release in bar of said action.
NEW BEDFORD, MASS., July 16, 1889.
Received from the Providence Stonington Steamship Co. the sum of one (1) thousand dollars, the same being in full settlement of all claims and demands which I, as executrix of the last will and testament of Charles W. Parker, deceased, and as legatee named in said will, may have against the Providence Stonington Steamship Co., its agents and servants, for loss of life in consequence of the collision…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Chouteau v. . SuydamNew York Court of Appeals · 1860
- Murray v. BlatchfordCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1828
- Wood v. . TunnicliffNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
- Chase v. BradleySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1847
- Chase v. American Steamboat CompanySupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1871
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