Legal Opinion
Mercer v. Byrons
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 2, 1952No. 4653PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARTIGA'N, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal by the defendant from judgments for the plaintiffs entered in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts based upon verdicts rendered by a jury in a tort action.
The plaintiffs, Vernon Byrons, his wife Helen and his minor daughter Norean, are citizens of New York and the defendant, Stanley Mercer, is a citizen of Massachusetts. The requisite jurisdictional amount is alleged.
About 9:45 p. m. on July 2, 1951, the plaintiff, Vernon Byrons and his family, consisting of his wife, Helen, their minor daughter, Norean, and his two…
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