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New York Supreme Court, 1936

Killian v. American West African Line, Inc.

Killian v. American West African Line, Inc.
New York Supreme Court · Decided December 1, 1936 · Valente
163 Misc. 587; 296 N.Y.S. 293; 1936 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 879

Counsel

Inicien V. Axtell [Dominick Blasi of counsel], for the plaintiff., Hunt, Hill & Betts [William B. Meagher of counsel], for the defendant.

Killian v. American West African Line, Inc.

Opinion of the Court

Valente, J.

Motion to dismiss the second cause of action is denied. The statutes dealing with personal injury actions have no application here, because the case is contractual in nature. (Pacific Steamship Co. v. Peterson, 278 U. S. 130; 49 S. Ct. 75; 73 L. Ed. 220.) It, therefore, survives death and passes to the legal representative of the deceased. Order signed.

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