Legal Opinion

Brown v. Cranston

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided December 3, 1942No. 846, 847PublishedCited by 73 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiffs in each of the foregoing actions are citizens of Pennsylvania and Hazel E. Cranston, the original defendant and third-party plaintiff in each action is a citizen of New York. ¡ Ransford C. Thompson and Frank B. Thompson, the third-party defendants, are citizens of Pennsylvania.

The complaint in the first action alleged that the defendant, Hazel E. Cranston, negligently drove a motor vehicle against the motor in which the plaintiff, Martha A. Brown was riding, whereby the latter received personal injuries. The complaint in the second action was by…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
  2. Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
  3. Fox v. Western New York Motor Lines, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1931
  4. Haines v. Bero Engineering Construction Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1930
  5. Fox v. Western New York Motor Lines, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1931

3Cited by73 opinions

  1. Lesnik v. Public Industrials CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1944
  2. Baltimore & OR Co. v. SaundersCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1947
  3. Hart v. Community Sch. Bd. of Brooklyn, NY Sch. D. 21District Court, E.D. New York · 1974
  4. George Smith v. Max C. Whitmore, and Third-Party (Pervis Lee Pue, Jr., Third-Party Appellant)Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1959
  5. Pabellon v. Grace Line, Inc. (Coston Supply Co., Third-And-Fourth-Party Defendants)Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1951

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