Murray v. Joe Gerrick & Co.

delivered .the opinion of the Court.

Louis H. Murray, a steel erector, died as the result of a fall from a crane which was being erected by his employers, the respondents, in the Puget Sound Navy Yard at Bremerton, Washington. The petitioner, his widow, brought action, on her own and her minor child’s behalf, alleging the decedent’s death was caused by the respondents’ negligence. The trial court sustained a demurrer to the declaration, holding the action was not maintainable by the widow and daughter as beneficiaries under the Washington Workmen’s Compensation Act, since that act was not in…