Gaderson v. Texas Contracting Co.

WALKER, Circuit Judge.

This was a libel in admiralty by .the appellant, the widow of James Gaderson, deceased, against the appellee, a contracting stevedore, to recover damages for the death of-the deceased while he was engaged in building a structure called a grain feeder on a ship located at a pier in the port of Galveston; the deceased at the time of his death being the foreman or “straw boss” of a gang employed by the appellee' and assigned to the task mentioned. The libel contained allegations to the effect that the death of the deceased was due to a fall caused by the careening, tilting,…