Archambeau v. Platt
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Two actions of tort for personal injuries. Writs dated September 25, 1897. Trial in the Superior Court, before Gas-hill, J., who ruled that the actions could not be maintained, and directed verdicts for the defendants; and the plaintiffs alleged exceptions, which appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtHolmes, J.
These are actions for the injury which was the cause of action in Archambeau v. New York & New England Railroad, 170 Mass. 272, but the present actions are brought against the receivers who were operating the road on August 30, 1895, the time of the alleged tort. On August 31, 1895, the receivers turned over the property in their hands to the New England Railroad Company, and on December 18,1895, by a decree of the United States Circuit Court, their transfer was ratified, and they were “ discharged from all liability with respect to any acts or omissions of them, or either of them, or of any…
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