Legal Opinion

Maranda v. Gaulin

Supreme Court of Rhode Island

Decided July 5, 1917Published

Trespass on the oase eor negligence. Heard on exception of defendant and overruled.

1Opinion of the Court

Parkhurst. C. J.

This is an action of the case for negligence wherein the plaintiff, who was a servant of the defendant, seeks to recover damages for injuries claimed to have been sustained by plaintiff when working under the direct supervision and order of the defendant as master, on the 23d day of September, 1912.

The case was tried before a justice of the Superior Court sitting with a jury, in May, 1916. It is claimed by plaintiff that on September 23d, 1912, the plaintiff was working with and for the defendant, owner of a farm, in the blasting of rocks on the farm by the use of dynamite…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Chicago Anderson Pressed Brick Co. v. SobkowiakIllinois Supreme Court · 1894
  2. Mahoney v. DoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1892
  3. Lake Superior Iron Co. v. EricksonMichigan Supreme Court · 1878
  4. Haley v. CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1886
  5. Burgess v. Davis Sulphur Ore Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1896

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