McGUIGAN v. SOUTHERN PAC. CO.

Docket No. 15118.

112 Cal.App.2d 704 (1952)

247 P.2d 415

LUCILLE HELEN McGUIGAN, as Administratrix, etc., Appellant, v. SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY (a Corporation), Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division One.

August 18, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cosgriff, Carr, McClellan & Ingersoll and Frank A. Dutton for Appellant.

Arthur B. Dunne, R. Mitchell S. Boyd, Dunne, Dunne & Phelps and Robert L. Lamb for Respondent.


PETERS, P.J.

In this action, brought under the Federal Employers' Liability Act, the widow of James J. McGuigan seeks to recover damages for his wrongful death alleged to have been caused in interstate commerce by the negligence of the defendant employer, the Southern Pacific Company. At the conclusion of plaintiff's case, the trial court granted a nonsuit. Plaintiff appeals.

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