Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Kosmos Portland Cement Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided March 17, 1933No. 6079, 6080PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIMONS, Circuit Judge.
On August 3, 1929, a 750-ton combination oil and rock barge belonging to the cement company was tied to a dock on the Ohio river near Kosmosdale, Ky., during a thunder storm. An explosion occurred, killing every one on board, including Wilberding, for whose estate appellant Johnson is administrator, and Sauer, for whose estate appellant Rose Sauer, his widow, is executrix. Appellants Johnson and Sauer seek to recover under the Kentucky death statute, section 6, Ky. St. 1930, which provides for the survival to personal representatives of the deceased of causes of action…
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