Case Name: Jewett, Adm'r, v. Keene
Court: New Hampshire Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New Hampshire
Decision Date: 1883-06
Citations: 62 N.H. 701
Docket Number: 
Parties: Jewett, Adm’r, v. Keene.
Judges: Clark, J., did not sit: the others concurred.
Reporter: New Hampshire Reports
Volume: 62
Pages: 701–702

Head Matter:
[Cheshire,
June, 1883.]
Jewett, Adm’r, v. Keene.
Case for injuries from an obstructed highway, resulting in the death of the plaintiff’s intestate, under c. 35, Laws of 1879. No> statement of the time and place of the injury and of the amount, of damages claimed was filed with the city clerk, according to GL L., c. 75, ss. 7, 8, 9. The defendants demurred.

Opinion:
Allen, J.
The sworn statement of the time, place, and character of the injury, and of the amount of damages claimed, required by G. L., c. 75, ss. 7, 8, and 9, before suit is brought for injuries upon a highway, is not a necessary prerequisite to bringing and maintaining an action for an injury resulting in death, under c. 35, Laws of 1879. Clark v. Manchester, ante, 577, 581.
Dane f Dole, for the plaintiff.
Hersey f Abbott and Batchelder Baullener, for the defendants.
Demurrer overruled.
Clark, J., did not sit: the others concurred.