Philpott v. Vesta Coal Co.

GIBSON, District Judge.

The above-entitled action has been brought by Mary Philpott, administratrix of the estate of'Stephen Philpott, for the benefit of the parents and next of kin of the deceased.

The statement of claim alleges that Stephen Philpott was employed as a deckhand Qn the defendant’s steamboat Aliquippa, and that on November 7, 1927, he was thrown overboard and drowned by reason of the negligent operation of the boat by defendant’s employees. The present action was brought on July 3j 1936, almost nine years after the date of Stephen Philpott’s death, as set forth in the statement…