GT. LAKES CO. v. KIEREJEWSKI

No. 633.

261 U.S. 479 (1923)

GREAT LAKES DREDGE & DOCK COMPANY v. KIEREJEWSKI, ADMINISTRATRIX OF KIEREJEWSKI.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 9, 1923.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. George Clinton, Jr., with whom Mr. Ulysses S. Thomas was on the briefs, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Irving W. Cole for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE McREYNOLDS delivered the opinion of the Court.

The sole question propounded upon this direct writ of error is whether the District Court rightly held that it had jurisdiction to entertain the libel by which defendant in error sought to recover damages for the death of her husband. 280 Fed. 125.

Plaintiff in error, a corporation engaged in dredging, pile driving, etc., maintains a yard at Buffalo, New York, and also keeps there scows and tugs. Leo...

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