McAlpine v. Laydon
California Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco granting a new trial. John Hunt, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtHenshaw, J.
The action is prosecuted by the heirs of W. S. McAlpine to recover damages of defendants for negligently occasioning his death. At the time of the accident the Young America pile-driver, owned and operated by defendants, was engaged in pulling out piles driven in the bay of - San Francisco. McAlpine was employed in connection with the work as a rafts-man. A pile suddenly leaving its bed released the strain and a hook struck the .headblock, splitting it and knocking off a piece which fell about seventy-five feet? striking McAlpine upon the head and killing him.
Defendants were granted a…
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