Dietrich v. Inhabitants of Northampton

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts · Decided 1884-10-27

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Holmes, J. The mother of the deceased slipped upon a defect in a highway of the defendant town, fell, and has had a verdict for her damages. At the time, she was between four and five months advanced in pregnancy, the fall brought on a *15 miscarriage, and the child, although not directly injured, unless by a communication of the shock to the mother, was too little advanced i…

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