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BUNT v. SIERRA BUTTE GOLD MINING CO.

No. 168.

138 U.S. 483 (1891)

11 S.Ct. 464

34 L.Ed. 1031

BUNT, v. SIERRA BUTTE GOLD MINING COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 2, 1891.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. S.F. Leib and Mr. J.C. Black for plaintiffs in error submitted on their brief.

Mr. W.W. Morrow for defendant in error. Mr. Thomas B. Bishop was with him on the brief.

MR. JUSTICE GRAY delivered the opinion of the court.

This was an action brought against a corporation of Great Britain by the widow and daughter of William J. Bunt, citizens of California, to recover damages, under § 377 of the California Civil Code, for his death by the defendant's negligence while a workman in its mine. The answer alleged, among other things, that his death was caused by his own negligence, and not by any negligence on the part of the defendant...

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