Legal Opinion
Dawson v. McWilliams
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 15, 1944No. 10822PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEE, Circuit Judge.
This is an action for damages for the alleged wrongful death of Archie McWil-liams due to the negligence of appellants. The suit was brought under the laws of Oklahoma by the decedent’s widow, as ad-ministratrix of his estate, for the benefit of herself and six minor children. It was tried to a jury and resulted in a verdict for $19,950, which was reduced by the court to $18,000. From a judgment on the verdict thus reduced appellants prosecute this appeal.
Paul B. Reis and Union Construction Company, as co-contractors, were in October of 1941 engaged in constructing a…
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