Martin v. Richards
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Three actions oe tort, for personal injuries. The cases were tried together in the-Superior Court, before Thompson, J., who excluded certain evidence offered by the plaintiffs, and ruled that there was no evidence upon which they could recover, and ordered a verdict for the defendant; and the plaintiffs alleged exceptions. The nature of the evidence appears in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtLathrop, J.
The first case is brought by a tenant at will against his landlord, for injuries sustained in consequence of noxious odors emanating from a disused privy vault on the demised premises. The second case is brought by the wife of the plaintiff in the first case, for similar injuries. The third case is by the administrator of the estate of the infant child of the plaintiffs in the other two cases. It is agreed that the same disposition is to be made of the three cases, and we shall deal with them as if the first action alone had been brought.
The grounds upon which the plaintiff bases his action…
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