ORCHARD v. NORTHWEST AIRLINES, INC.

Nos. 35,402, 35,403, 35,404.

236 Minn. 42 (1952)

ISABELLA ORCHARD v. NORTHWEST AIRLINES, INC. ORA B. PARRISH v. SAME. ELIZA HOBBS v. SAME.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

February 15, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clarence U. Landrum, United States Attorney, and Linus J. Hammond, Special Assistant to United States Attorney, for appellant.

Bauers & Carlson, Robert W. Barnett, William H. DeParcq, and Chester D. Johnson, for respondents.


THOMAS GALLAGHER, JUSTICE.

Plaintiffs brought these actions to recover damages from defendant as the result of a plane crash that occurred at Billings, Montana, December 8, 1945, in which plaintiffs' decedents met death. The plane was a military plane, and all of its occupants, including decedents, were troops of the United States being transferred from Camp Kilmer, New Jersey, to Paine Field, Seattle, Washington. The pilots...

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