Legal Opinion

Mollie Krieger v. Ownership Corporation, a Corporation of New Jersey

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided September 29, 1959No. 12843PublishedCited by 40 opinions

Biggs, Chief Judge, and Hastie, Circuit Judge, dissented on petition for rehearing.

1Opinion of the Court

KALODNER, Circuit Judge.

Was there a genuine issue as to a material fact, which under well-settled principles, precluded the entry of a summary judgment?

In New Jersey, is the invitee of a tenant, injured by reason of a landlord’s negligent performance of his express agreement to make repairs to the leased premises, barred from making recovery from the landlord because the invitee is “an utter stranger to the landlord”?

These two issues are presented by this appeal from the Order1 of the District Court for the District of New Jersey granting summary judgment in favor of defendant, Ownership…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Associated Press v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
  2. Associated Press v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
  3. Michaels v. Brookchester, Inc.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1958
  4. Fairbanks, Morse & Co. v. Consolidated Fisheries Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1951
  5. Taylor v. New Jersey Highway AuthoritySupreme Court of New Jersey · 1956

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3Cited by40 opinions

  1. Moscarelli v. StammDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1968
  2. United States of America Ex Rel. Burwell L. Jones v. Alfred T. Rundle, SuperintendentCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1971
  3. United States v. General Motors Corporation, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1975
  4. Henry Janek v. Anthony J. Celebrezze, Secretary of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1964
  5. Quinn v. StoneCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1993

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