Hanley v. Eastern Steamship Corp.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Two actions of tort against the Eastern Steamship Corporation, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Maine and having a usual place of business in Boston, by the administrator of the estate of William Hanley, the first action for the death of the plaintiff’s intestate alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant and of its servants and agents by reason of which the intestate at about half past nine o’clock on the evening of July 30, 1910,…
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Two actions of tort against the Eastern Steamship Corporation, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Maine and having a usual place of business in Boston, by the administrator of the estate of William Hanley, the first action for the death of the plaintiff’s intestate alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant and of its servants and agents by reason of which the intestate at about half past nine o’clock on the evening of July 30, 1910, fell from a steamship of the defendant and was drowned, and the second action for the conscious suffering of the…
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C. J.
These are two actions of tort. In one the plaintiff seeks to recover damages for the conscious suffering and in the other the statutory penalty for the death of his intestate, alleged to have been caused by the defendant. The intestate lost his life in connection with being a passenger upon the Bay State, a steamship operated by the defendant between Boston and Portland.
1. A question as to the proper venue of the actions lies at the threshold. It is agreed that the damage and injury were received in Essex County, that the plaintiff and his intestate lived in Norfolk County and were employed…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Parrot v. Mexican Central Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1911
- Boott Mills v. Boston & Maine RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
- Brooks v. Fitchburg & Leominster Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1908
- Glennen v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1911
- Lyons v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1910
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- Paige v. SinclairMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1921
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- Proctor v. DillonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1920
- Buckley v. FrankelMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1928
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