Bunt v. Sierra Butte Gold Mining Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gray
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.
At the trial, the only witnesses called by’the- plaintiffs (except in proof of their relationship to- the deceased, and of his death) were the superintendent of the mine and a fellow…
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