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COON v. KENNEDY

No. 398.

248 U.S. 457 (1919)

COON v. KENNEDY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 13, 1919.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. James D. Carpenter, Jr., for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Isidor Kalisch for defendant in error.

Memorandum opinion by MR. JUSTICE McREYNOLDS.

This writ of error runs to a judgment of the Court of Errors and Appeals of New Jersey filed March 11, 1918, 91 N.J.L. 598, denying relief to Rebecca Coon who sued to recover under the New Jersey Workmen's Compensation Act on account of her husband's death by drowning in the navigable waters of that State while employed as a fireman on a tug boat.

The court held that as...

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