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Eidt v. CutterEidt v. Cutter

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Oct 1, 1879
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The question in controversy, and upon which both parties had introduced ‍‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‍the testimony of experts, was whether the injury to the plaintiff’s house was caused by the fumes and gases from the defendant’s works, or ‍‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‍by the emanations from a sewer. The grounds and reasons of the opinions of the experts, including the détails of experiments made by them under ‍‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‍conditions and circumstances which, as they testified, were as nearly as possible like those surrounding the plaintiff’s house in the absence of the sewer, ‍‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‍were rightly permitted to be stated by the experts, in order to assist the jury in understanding their testimony and applying it to the ‍‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‍case. Lincoln v. Taunton Copper Co. 9 Allen, 181. Commonwealth v. Piper, 120 Mass. 185, 190. Williams v. Taunton, 125 Mass. 34. Exceptions overruled.

Case Details

Case Name: Eidt v. Cutter
Court Name: Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Date Published: Oct 1, 1879
Citations: 127 Mass. 522; 1879 Mass. LEXIS 131
Court Abbreviation: Mass.
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