Frye v. Bath Gas & Electric Co.
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On report. Bill dismissed. Bill in equity against the Bath Gas and Electric Company, its assignees under a common law assignment, the trustee of a mortgage given by the Gas Company to secure its bonds, and the Fidelity and Casualty Company, alleging that the latter named company refuses to pay the amount of the judgment recovered by the plaintiff (see Frye v. Bath Gas, etc., Co., 94 Maine, 17) and that the Gas Company, its transferee, and its assignees, neglect to enforce…
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On report. Bill dismissed. Bill in equity against the Bath Gas and Electric Company, its assignees under a common law assignment, the trustee of a mortgage given by the Gas Company to secure its bonds, and the Fidelity and Casualty Company, alleging that the latter named company refuses to pay the amount of the judgment recovered by the plaintiff (see Frye v. Bath Gas, etc., Co., 94 Maine, 17) and that the Gas Company, its transferee, and its assignees, neglect to enforce the contract with the Casualty Company, or to pay the amount of the aforesaid judgment; and praying that the Casualty…
1Opinion of the CourtWiswell, C. J.
At the December term 1898 of this court for Sagadahoc County, the plaintiff’s intestate, entered an action against the Bath Gas and Electric Company to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by him on March 10, 1898, while in the employ of that company, and by reason of its alleged negligence. After a trial before a jury, in which a verdict was rendered for the plaintiff, the case was taken to the law court upon the defendant’s motion for a new trial, and finally, at the April term, 1900, judgment was rendered against the Gas and Electric Company in favor of the complainant as…
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