Lehigh Iron Co. v. Rupp
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh county: Of July Term 1881, No. 88. Case, by Daniel Hupp against the Lehigh Iron Company, to recover damages for the death of his minor son, caused by the explosion of a boiler owned by the defendant. Oh the trial, before Albright, P. J., the material facts were shown to be as follows: — The defendant, as lessee of a mine, contracted with one Kieffer, to raise ore, the company to furnish machinery, boiler, &c.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh county: Of July Term 1881, No. 88. Case, by Daniel Hupp against the Lehigh Iron Company, to recover damages for the death of his minor son, caused by the explosion of a boiler owned by the defendant. Oh the trial, before Albright, P. J., the material facts were shown to be as follows: — The defendant, as lessee of a mine, contracted with one Kieffer, to raise ore, the company to furnish machinery, boiler, &c. The evidence tended to show that the boiler, furnished by the company, was a second-hand one, and that the machinery was inadequate to the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Teunkey
This action is by a father to recover damages for the alleged negligent killing of his son by the defendant. His own testimony shows that the deceased was over nineteen years of age when he died, had been married six months, was keeping house and living about eight miles distant from his parents before his death, and that his parents gave him furniture for housekeeping ; it does not show that after his marriage he gave any of his earnings to his parents. There is no question but that his widow’s rights, under the intestate laws and under the statutes relating to death caused by negligence,…
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