Delaware & Hudson Co. v. Ketz
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Middle District of Pennsylvania; Charles B. Witmer, Judge. Action by Anna Ketz, administratrix, against the Delaware & Hudson Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
McPHERSON, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff, Anna Ketz, is the widow of George Ketz, who was drowned on the afternoon of Sunday, April 26, 1914. He had been working at a roundhouse of the Delaware & Hudson Company, and while on his way home fell from a bridge spanning the Lackawanna river between his place of work and the town of Carbondale. The bridge had been built and was maintained by the company primarily as a means of access to the roundhouse and other shops, although its use by the public was also permitted. In her statement of claim the plaintiff describes herself as the administratrix of…
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