Legal Opinion
Harris v. Pennsylvania Railroad Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided June 17, 1931No. 3158PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOPER, Circuit Judge.
An action at law was brought in the District Court by Minnie C. Harris, administratrix of the estate of Ernest L. Harris, against the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, to recover damages for his death on September 29, 1929, while in the defendant’s employ as a deck hand on a ear float of the defendant then engaged in transporting certain railroad ears from Cape Charles to Little Creek, Va. The action was instituted under the provisions of section 33 of the Merchant Marine Act of 1920 (46 USCA § 688), wherein it is provided that in ease of the death of a seaman, as the result…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- The OsceolaSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Robertson v. BaldwinSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- The IroquoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
- Union Pacific Railway Co. v. CappierSupreme Court of Kansas · 1903
- Virginia Iron, Coal & Coke Co. v. Odle's Adm'rSupreme Court of Virginia · 1920
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3Cited by44 opinions
- Stella Reyes, Administratrix of the Estate of Florentino Reyes, Deceased v. Vantage Steamship Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Trahan v. Gulf Crews, Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1971
- Gardner v. National Bulk Carriers, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1962
- Stella Reyes, Administratrix of the Estate of Florentino Reyes, Deceased v. Vantage Steamship Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- Kirincich v. Standard Dredging Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1940
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