Legal Opinion
Railway Mail Ass'n v. Stauffer
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided December 10, 1945No. 9065PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILBUR K. MILLER, Associate Justice.
Frank J. Stauffer, a retired mail clerk about seventy-four years of age, died on December 6, 1943. He had been in ill health for more than two years and had undergone three operations during that time. He had suffered from arteriosclerosis, hypertension and an irreducible inguinal hernia. In addition, in March prior to his death he had the misfortune of sustaining a broken hip. Some ten days before his death, Stauffer was seriously ill and was advised by a physician to.remain in bed at all times.
Late in the evening of December 5, Stauffer’s wife, the…
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