Legal Opinion
Edgarton v. H. P. Welch Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided September 11, 1947PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpalding, J.
These are two actions of tort, brought by the administrator of the estate of Henry R. Edgarton, to recover for the death and conscious suffering of his intestate alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendants.1 In each case the judge, subject to the plaintiff’s exceptions, directed verdicts for the defendant. The questions for decision are whether the judge should have submitted the cases to the jury, and whether he erred in excluding certain evidence offered by the plaintiff.
Facts which could have been found are these: At about 5 a.m. on August 22, 1942, the plaintiff’s…
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