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PIZITZ CO. v. YELDELL

No. 171.

274 U.S. 112 (1927)

LOUIS PIZITZ DRY GOODS COMPANY, INC. v. YELDELL, ADMINISTRATOR.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 11, 1927.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. J.P. Mudd for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Benjamin F. Ray, with whom Mr. Hugo L. Black was on the brief, for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE STONE delivered the opinion of the Court.

Defendant in error, an administrator, brought suit in the circuit court of Jefferson County, Alabama, to recover for the wrongful death of his intestate, caused by the negligent operation of an elevator by an employee of plaintiff in error in its department store. The action was founded upon the so-called Homicide Act of Alabama, § 5696, Code of 1923, printed in the margin.* This...

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