Sanders v. Kalamazoo Tank & Silo Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Kalamazoo; Weimer, J. Case by Myrtle M. Sanders, administratrix of the estate of Hiram E. Sanders, deceased, against the Kalamazoo Tank & Silo Company for the alleged negligent killing of plaintiff’s decedent. Judgment for defendant non obstante veredicto. Plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtStone, J.
The plaintiff, as administratrix of the estate of her deceased husband, • Hiram E. Sanders, brings this action under the survival act of the State of Kansas, to recover damages for the injury and resulting death of her decedent caused by. the collapse of a- derrick or scaffolding on which he was working at the time, which was being used in constructing a tile silo, for one J. W. Tron, on June 3, 1915, in Mitchell county, State of Kansas. Mr. Tron, a contractor, had purchased the derrick directly from the manufacturer, the defendant company. Mr. Sanders died eleven hours after the injury, and…
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