Cosgrove v. Pitman
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco, and from an order denying a new trial. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.
The defendants are stevedores, and in August, 1885, were engaged in discharging a cargo of coal from the vessel “ Henry Hyde,” then lying at one of the wharves in San Francisco. The plaintiff’s intestate was in their employ, and while so engaged a tub of coal, which was being hoisted from the hold of the vessel, swung around so that it might be emptied into another vessel alongside, and struck him with such force as to cause injuries from which he died. The plaintiff, as the administratrix of his estate, brought this action against the defendants to recover the damages sustained by his death,…
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