Legal Opinion
Doidge v. Cunard S. S. Co.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 17, 1927No. 2073, 2074PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHNSON, Circuit Judge.
These are two actions of tort. In the first the plaintiff, as the administrator of the estate of May Doidge, seeks to recover damages for her conscious suffering and death; and in the second, Kathleen Doidge, an infant, by her father as next friend, seeks to recover damages for illness alleged to have been caused by the defendant.
When the cases came on for trial the court below directed the jury to return a verdict for the defendant in both, after an offer of proof had been made by plaintiff’s counsel to prove every allegation in the declarations; the court holding that…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- American Well Works Company v. Layne and Bowler CompanySupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Tennessee v. Union & Planters' BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Grace v. American Central InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
- Carson v. DunhamSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Defiance Water Co. v. DefianceSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
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3Cited by16 opinions
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- Republic of China v. American Exp. Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1951
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