Madonna v. Wheeling Steel Corp.

NORTHCOTT, Circuit Judge.

This is an action at law brought in the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of West Virginia, at Parkersburg, by Vincenzo Madonna and Enrico Iannarelli, administrators of Francisco Balzana, deceased, against the Wheeling Steel Corporation, to recover damages for the death of Balzana. A demurrer was filed to the declaration, which demurrer the court sustained, from which action this appeal was taken. The Wheeling Steel Corporation conducted and operated a coal mine, located at Benwood in Marshall county,- West Virginia, and in April, 1924, an…