California Supreme Court November 24, 1896, S. F. No. 405 (McAlpine v. Laydon)

Henshaw, J.

The action is prosecuted by the heirs of W. S. McAlpine to recover damages of defendants for negligently occasioning his death. At the time of the accident the Young America pile-driver, owned and operated by defendants, was engaged in pulling out piles driven in the bay of - San Francisco. McAlpine was employed in connection with the work as a rafts-man.