Whitmore v. Orono Pulp & Paper Co.
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On Motion and Exceptions by Dependant. The plaintiff in this action is the administratrix of the estate of her husband, who was in the employ of the Bangor Pulp & Paper Company, the lessee of the defendant company, and was injured, while so employed, by the explosion of a digester in its mill and afterwards died from the effects of the injury.
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On Motion and Exceptions by Dependant. The plaintiff in this action is the administratrix of the estate of her husband, who was in the employ of the Bangor Pulp & Paper Company, the lessee of the defendant company, and was injured, while so employed, by the explosion of a digester in its mill and afterwards died from the effects of the injury. The plaintiff had previously brought an action for the same injuries against the Bangor Company and recovered a judgment, but the judgment was unsatisfied as that company became insolvent. The defendant company is the lessor of the mill under a lease…
1Opinion of the CourtEmery, J.
The defendant company, the Orono Pulp and Paper Company, constructed and for a few years up to October 1, 1892, operated a pulp mill in Orono. On that day it leased its mill and plant to another and distinct corporation, the .Bangor Pulp and Paper Company, for twenty-five years. This latter company, the lessee, took possession of the leased property on the same day and for some little time thereafter operated it as a pulp mill on its own account. By the terms of the lease the Bangor Company, the lessee, was to have the exclusive possession of the property and was to keep it in substantial…
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