Taylor v. Inhabitants of Woburn

These three actions, which were tried together, were brought to recover damages sustained at the same time by the three children of John B. Taylor, by reason of a defect in a highway in the defendant town. One of the children, a son, died soon after the accident, and the plaintiff in the first case sues as his administrator. The causes of action accrued after *496the St. of 1877, c. 234, and before the St. of 1879 required the “notice prescribed by the St. of 1877 to be in writing. In each case the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff; and the defendant alleged exceptions.

The first question…