Ford v. Fitchburg Railroad
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort to recover for personal injuries occasioned by the explosion of the boiler of a locomotive engine belonging to the defendants. Trial in the Superior Court, before Seudder, J. The plaintiff testified as follows: “ I was in the employ of the defendants as fireman from 1862 till 1866, and as engineer from 1866 till the accident. I ran on the engine Wachusett, on the freight train between Boston and Fitchburg.
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Tort to recover for personal injuries occasioned by the explosion of the boiler of a locomotive engine belonging to the defendants. Trial in the Superior Court, before Seudder, J. The plaintiff testified as follows: “ I was in the employ of the defendants as fireman from 1862 till 1866, and as engineer from 1866 till the accident. I ran on the engine Wachusett, on the freight train between Boston and Fitchburg. On Friday, March 25, 1870, by direction of George A. Cooledge, master mechanic of the road, the Wachusett was taken in for repairs. Frank Maddox, foreman of the round-house, who had…
1Opinion of the CourtColt, J.
This action is founded on the alleged negligence of the defendant corporation in failing to provide and keep in repair a safe and suitable engine to be run by the plaintiff in his employment as locomotive engineer upon its road. The law applicable to cases of this description, and which defines the rights and duties that belong to the relation of master and servant, is plainly stated in the recent decisions of this court. The principles are discussed and the cases sufficiently reviewed in Coombs v. New Bedford Cordage Co. 102 Mass. 572, and in Gilman v. Eastern Railroad Co. 10 Allen, 238, and…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Coombs v. New Bedford Cordage Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1869
- Dolner v. The MonticelloU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · 1870
- Huddleston v. Lowell Machine ShopMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1871
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