Legal Opinion
Diatel v. Gleason
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided September 1, 1937PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PATTERSON, District Judge.
The question is whether a New Jersey administratrix has capacity to maintain an action here for wrongful death brought about in New Jersey without taking out ancillary letters here. From the complaint it appears that one Diatel was killed as the result of an automobile accident in New Jersey, brought about, it is said, by the negligence of the defendant; that he left a widow surviving; that New Jersey has a statute to the effect that a person shall he liable for causing the death of another by wrongful act, neglect, or default, the action to be brought by the…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Loucks v. . Standard Oil Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1918
- Slater v. Mexican National RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
- Whitford v. . the Panama Railroad CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1861
- Johnson v. . Phoenix Bridge Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1910
- Wikoff v. HirschelNew York Court of Appeals · 1932
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Cooper v. American Airlines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1945
- Baldwin v. PowellNew York Court of Appeals · 1945
- Kucharski v. Pope & Talbot, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1944
- Banana Distributors, Inc. v. United Fruit Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1961
- Rejsenhoff v. Colonial Nav. Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1940
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