Claffy v. Chicago Dock & Canal Co.

This action was brought by the appellee, as widow of Charles F. Claffy, deceased, against appellant, for the death of said Charles F. Claffy. The action is based upon the alleged willful violation by appellant of section 7 of an act entitled “An act providing for the protection and safety of persons in and about the construction, repairing, alteration or removal of buildings, bridges, viaducts and other structures, and to provide for the enforcement thereof,” approved June 3, 1907. (Laws of 1907, p. 312.) The suit was originally brought against appellant, as owner of a building in process of…