GADERSON v. TEXAS CONTRACTING CO.

No. 4350.

3 F.2d 140 (1924)

GADERSON v. TEXAS CONTRACTING CO.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 2, 1924.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wilford H. Smith, of Houston, Tex., for appellant.

Mart H. Royston, of Galveston, Tex., for appellee.

Before WALKER and BRYAN, Circuit Judges, and DAWKINS, District Judge.


WALKER, Circuit Judge.

This was a libel in admiralty by the appellant, the widow of James Gaderson, deceased, against the appellee, a contracting stevedore, to recover damages for the death of the deceased while he was engaged in building a structure called a grain feeder on a ship located at a pier in the port of Galveston; the deceased at the time of his death being the foreman or "straw boss" of a gang employed by the appellee and assigned to the task mentioned...

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