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PETTY v. TENNESSEE-MISSOURI BRIDGE COMMISSION

No. 15878.

254 F.2d 857 (1958)

Naomi PETTY, Administratrix of the Estate of Faye R. Petty, Deceased, Appellant, v. TENNESSEE-MISSOURI BRIDGE COMMISSION, a Corporation, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

May 1, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas MacLeod, St. Louis, Mo. (Fred Robertson, Tiptonville, Tenn., and Miles & Miles, Union City, Tenn., were with him on the brief), for appellant.

James M. Reeves, Caruthersville, Mo. (Ward & Reeves, Caruthersville, Mo., was with him on the brief), for appellee.

Before GARDNER, Chief Judge, and JOHNSEN and VAN OOSTERHOUT, Circuit Judges.

VAN OOSTERHOUT, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-administratrix has appealed from final order dismissing her complaint for damages for wrongful death of her decedent. Plaintiff, as administratrix of the estate of her deceased husband, in her complaint asserted that her deceased husband, while employed as a seaman upon a ferry boat operated by the defendant across the Mississippi River between Tiptonville, Tennessee, and Portageville, Missouri, met his death when trapped in...

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