Baker v Bolton and Others
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judgment Date | 01 January 1807 |
| Date | 01 January 1807 |
| Court | High Court |
English Reports Citation: 170 E.R. 1033
IN THE COURTS OF KING'S BENCH AND COMMON PLEAS
Followed, Osborne v Gillett, 1873, L R 8 Ex 88, Clark v London General Ommbus Co, [1906] 2 K B 660, Berry v Humm, [1915] 1 K B. 627. Admiralty Commissioners v S. S. "Amerika," [1917] A. C 38 Considered and distinguished, Jackson v Watson, [1909] 2 k B 197. Referred to, Kent v Atkinson, [1923] P 142
BAKER V. BOLTON'f-7/- I-* & JC- 1033 [493] Same day baker c bolton and others (In an action for negligence, whereby the plaintiff's wife was killed, he is not entitled to any damages for the loss of her society, or for his mental sufferings on her account, after the moment of her death ) [Followed* Otborne v Gillett, 1873, L R 8 Ex 88, Clark v London General Omnibus Co , [1906J 2KB 660, Berry v Hiimm, fl915| 1 K B. 627 , Admiralty Commissioners \ S'. tf " Amerika" [19L7J A. C 38 Considered and distinguished, Jackson v JFateo, [1909 J 2KB 197. Referred to, /fr/tf v Atkinson, [1923| P 142] Thi was an action against the defendants as proprietors of a stage-coach, on the top of which the plaintiff and his late wife weie travelling from Portsmouth to London, when it was overturned , whereby the plaintiff himself was much bruised, aad his wife was so severely hurt, that she died about a month after in an hospital The declaration besides other special damage, stated, that " by means of the premises, the plaintift had wholly lost, and been deprived of the comfort, fellowship, and aasistan.ee of his said wife, and had from thence hitherto suffered and undergone £ieat grief, vexation, and anguish of mind." It...
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...Ex 243 ............................................................................ 31, 77, 78, 79, 80 Baker v Bolton (1808), 1 Camp 493, 170 ER 1033, 36(1) Digest (Reissue) 340 .................................................................................... 205 Baker v Willoughby (1969......
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