Snow v. Escanaba Power Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Delta; Cooper, J., presiding. Case by Nellie Snow, administratrix of the estate of Harry Snow, deceased, against the Escanaba Power Company for the negligent killing of plaintiff’s intestate. A judgment for defendant on a verdict directed by the court is reviewed by plaintiff on writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtBird, C. J.
Nellie Snow, as administratrix, brought this suit under the statute to recover damages for the negligent death of her son and intestate, Harry Snow, a boy of %% years, who met his death while in the employ of the defendant.
In July, 1908, the defendant was constructing, and had nearly completed, a cement dam in the city of Escanaba, extending from west to east, across the Escanaba river, about 88 feet below, and parallel with, an old wooden dam. At a point about 105 feet east from the west shore is a sluiceway in the new dam, and 84 feet farther east is a sluiceway in the old dam. On the west…
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