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IRONS v. MICHIGAN-ATL. CORP.

279 A.D. 32 (1951)

Laura Irons, as Administratrix of The Estate of Roy W. Yandow, Deceased, Respondent, v. Michigan-Atlantic Corp., Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Fourth Department.

November 8, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James P. Heffernan for appellant.

Louis N. Roche and Samuel J. Stagnitto for respondent.

All concur. Present — TAYLOR, P. J., McCURN, KIMBALL, PIPER and WHEELER, JJ.

PIPER, J.

The action was for wrongful death of plaintiff's intestate under section 688 of title 46 of the U. S. Code, commonly called the Jones Act. The Federal Act provides that such an action must be "commenced within three years from the day the cause of action accrued." (U. S. Code, tit. 45, § 56.) It is conceded that plaintiff's intestate met his death by drowning September 29, 1946; that the summons...

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