Legal Opinion
Mattson v. Central Electric & Gas Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 11, 1949No. 13705PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GARDNER, Chief Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment for defendant entered on a directed verdict. The action was one brought by C. Russell Mattson as Administrator of the Estate of William Brehm, deceased, to recover damages for the death of William Brehm by the alleged wrongful act of the Central Electric & Gas Company under the death statute of the State of Nebraska.
At the time of receiving the injuries from which he later died, William Brehm was employed as a custodian or janitor in the Capitol School Building in Lincoln, Nebraska. On December 19, 1945, while so employed, there was an…
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3Cited by30 opinions
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