SMITH v. PACIFIC ALASKA AIRWAYS

No. 8284.

89 F.2d 253 (1937)

SMITH v. PACIFIC ALASKA AIRWAYS, Inc.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

March 29, 1937.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. McGinn and Julian A. Hurley, both of Fairbanks, Alaska (Robert W. Jennings, of Sacramento, Cal., of counsel), for appellant.

George M. Naus and Donald Seibert, both of San Francisco, Cal., and Charles E. Taylor, of Fairbanks, Alaska, for appellee.

Before WILBUR and MATHEWS, Circuit Judges, and NETERER, District Judge.


WILBUR, Circuit Judge.

Aldwyn David Roberts was killed September 20, 1933, by the crash of an airplane belonging to the appellee, the Pacific Alaska Airways, Inc., in which he was riding as a passenger. His administrator brought suit to recover damages for his death. The case was tried by a jury, which gave its verdict in favor of the appellee, and from the judgment the administrator takes this appeal.

The appellant proved that the plane crashed, and rested...

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