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MURRAY v. GERRICK & CO.

No. 308.

291 U.S. 315 (1934)

54 S.Ct. 432

78 L.Ed. 821

MURRAY v. JOE GERRICK & CO. ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 5, 1934.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. M.M. Doyle argued the cause, and Mr. Wm. Martin filed a brief, for petitioner.

Messrs. Roszel C. Thomsen and Walter L. Clark argued the cause, and Messrs. Stephen V. Carey, J. Speed Smith, and Henry Elliott, Jr., filed a brief, for respondents.

MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS delivered the opinion of the Court.

Louis H. Murray, a steel erector, died as the result of a fall from a crane which was being erected by his employers, the respondents, in the Puget Sound Navy Yard at Bremerton, Washington. The petitioner, his widow, brought action, on her own and her minor child's behalf, alleging the decedent's death was caused by the respondents' negligence. The trial court sustained a demurrer to the declaration, holding...

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