Young v. Clyde S. S. Co.
District Court, S.D. Florida
At Law. Action by Lula Young against the Clyde Steamship Company.. On demurrer to declaration.
1Opinion of the Court
CLAYTON, District Judge.
The plaintiff, as the widow of William Young, brought this personal action at law in the circuit court of Duval county, Fla., against the defendant steamship company for the death of her husband, a laborer employed by the defendant on the steamship Lake Fannin, now called the Osage. The case was seasonably transferred to this court on the ground of diversity of citizenship.
The first count charges negligence, in that the defendant failed to equip and maintain a sufficient and proper sounding tube for measuring oil in the fuel tank, and that as a proximate result thereof…
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- Western Fuel Co. v. GarciaSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
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