Taylor v. Smith & Son

This is a suit under the Employers’ Liability Law of this State.

Plaintiff alleged that she is the widow of George Taylor and mother of two children Essie Ruby Taylor, aged 12, and Lynn H. Taylor aged 9 years, issue of their marriage; that' on March 12, 1925, the defendant's were stevedores engaged in the business of loading and unloading cargoes of vessels in this city; that on said date her husband was in the employ of the defendant as a longshoreman and was assisting unloading the cargo of the ship “Texas Maru” then lying at the Stuyvesant docks; that he was earning 65 cents per hour and…