JOHNSON v. KOSMOS PORTLAND CEMENT CO.

Nos. 6079, 6080.

64 F.2d 193 (1933)

JOHNSON et al. v. KOSMOS PORTLAND CEMENT CO. SAUER et al. v. SAME.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

March 17, 1933.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harris W. Coleman, of Louisville, Ky. (Trabue, Doolan, Helm & Helm, of Louisville, Ky., on the brief), for appellants.

Louis Seelbach, of Louisville, Ky. (George W. Norton, Jr., and Crawford, Middleton, Milner & Seelbach, all of Louisville, Ky., on the brief), for appellees.

Before MOORMAN, HICKS, and SIMONS, Circuit Judges.


SIMONS, Circuit Judge.

On August 3, 1929, a 750-ton combination oil and rock barge belonging to the cement company was tied to a dock on the Ohio river near Kosmosdale, Ky., during a thunder storm. An explosion occurred, killing every one on board, including Wilberding, for whose estate appellant Johnson is administrator, and Sauer, for whose estate appellant Rose Sauer, his widow, is executrix. Appellants Johnson and Sauer seek to recover under the Kentucky death...

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