New Orleans Public Belt R. Co. v. Wallace

LEE, Circuit Judge.

This proceeding originated as a suit to recover damages for personal injuries and death. Presently before us on appeal, it presents two questions: one relating to the interpretation of Rule 54(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 28 U.S.C.A., and the other to the correctness of the trial court’s action in dismissing a cross-claim by the appellant against its codefendant.

Mrs. Helen Cunliffe Wallace, administratrix of the estate of Alva Wallace, deceased, a citizen of New Orleans, sued the New Orleans Public Belt Railroad Company, a Louisiana corporation doing business…