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MECOM v. FITZSIMMONS CO.

No. 32.

284 U.S. 183 (1931)

MECOM, ADMINISTRATOR, v. FITZSIMMONS DRILLING CO., INC., ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 23, 1931.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Roy F. Ford, with whom Messrs. S.J. Montgomery, Theodore H. Haugh, and A.H. Meyer were on the brief, for petitioner.

Messrs. T. Austin Gavin and George F. Short, with whom Messrs. Horace H. Hagan, Ray S. Fellows, Thomas R. Freeman, and Joseph A. Gill, Jr., were on the brief, for respondents.

MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS delivered the opinion of the Court.

Smith, a citizen and resident of Oklahoma, died as a result of injuries alleged to have been negligently inflicted by the respondents. His widow was appointed administratrix of his estate by an Oklahoma probate court, and, as such, instituted an action for damages in a district court of that state, against the respondents and certain individuals, under a statute1 creating a cause...

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