Legal Opinion
William J. Smith v. Gilbert J. Pasqualetto
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 1, 1957No. 5205PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOODBURY, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff-appellant, Smith, a citizen of Massachusetts, brought this action sounding in tort for negligence against the defendant-appellee, Pasqualetto, a citizen of Illinois, in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, under the diversity of citizenship jurisdiction conferred by Title 28 U.S.C. § 1332. The court below entered judgment for the defendant on the ground that the action was barred by the Massachusetts 1 statutes governing limitation of actions.
Insofar as relevant the facts of the case are as follows. Plaintiff-appellant was…
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