Anderson v. Wetter
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On exceptions by defendant. Action on the case brought by the plaintiff in her capacity as administratrix of the estate of August Anderson, late of Rockland, deceased, and against the defendant as receiver of William J. Gray . and others, owners and operators of a granite quarry, for negligently causing the death of the said August Anderson.
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On exceptions by defendant. Action on the case brought by the plaintiff in her capacity as administratrix of the estate of August Anderson, late of Rockland, deceased, and against the defendant as receiver of William J. Gray . and others, owners and operators of a granite quarry, for negligently causing the death of the said August Anderson. The writ was returnable to and entered at the September term, 1906, of the Supreme Judicial Court, Knox County, and at the same term the defendant demurred to the plaintiif’s declaration. Hearing was had on the demurrer at the following January term of…
1Opinion of the CourtCornish, J.
This is an action against the defendant as Receiver of William J. Gray and others, owners and operators of a granite quarry, for negligently causing the death of August Anderson, plaintiff’s intestate. To the original declaration in the writ, the defendant demurred, his demurrer was sustained and the plaintiff was given leave to amend. The amendment when filed was objected to by the defendant but allowed by the presiding Justice and on defendant’s exceptions to this ruling, the case comes before this court.
Two questions are involved : First, was the original declaration intended to be made…
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