Fore River Shipbuilding Co. v. Hagg
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR - THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS. The facts, which involve the jurisdiction of this court of a direct appeal under § 5 of the. Circuit Court of Appeals Act of 1891, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Day
This case is here upon a question involving the jurisdiction of the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts to entertain the action. It was begun in the Circuit • Court by Selma T. Hagg, a citizen of Sweden, against the Fore River Shipbuilding Company, a corporation of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. ■The object of the suit was to recover damages under the Employers’ Liability Act of Massachusetts (Revised Laws, chap. 106, § 73), and was for the death, without conscious suffering, of her husband, Charles A. Hagg, an employé of the defendant company, resulting…
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