Struve v. City of Fremont

Shepherd, District Judge.

Whether the judgment of the district court, awarding compensation for the benefit of the widow of Harry D. Struve in the case of Minnie Struve v. City of Fremont now on appeal, shall be upheld in this court is the question for determination here.

The assignments of error are only two, namely, the court erred in finding that the deceased was engaged in the line of his duty at the time of his death; the court erred in not finding that Struve’s death was due to his own wilful negligence.

Harry D. Struve had long been the head of the Fremont fire department, a working chief…