Legal Opinion
McWilliams v. Dawson
District Court, N.D. Texas
Decided February 1, 1943No. Civ. No. 758PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ATWELL, District Judge.
The plaintiff, as administratrix, by appointment of the probate court of Dallas County, Texas, sues for $50,172.40 for the benefit of herself, as surviving spouse, and six minor children, for the alleged negligent death of Archie McWilliams, husband and father.
She claims that he was killed by the falling of a cable which spanned the Washita River. That one end of the cable was knowingly and negligently attached to a socket in such a manner that it was inherently and “imminently” dangerous. That it was sold and installed by the defendants to the Union Construction…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Mecom v. Fitzsimmons Drilling Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1931
- Huset v. J. I. Case Threshing Mach. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1903
- Woodrury v. Tampa Water Works Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1909
- Ketterer v. Armour & Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1917
- Standard Oil Co. v. MurrayCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1902
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Lang v. Elm City Construction CompanyDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1963
- Falsetti v. Indiana Oil Purchasing Co.District Court, N.D. Texas · 1963
- O'Donnell v. Hayden Truck Lines, Inc.District Court, D. Connecticut · 1945
- Silvious v. HelmickDistrict Court, N.D. West Virginia · 1968