Legal Opinion
Keppel v. E. W. Wiggins Airways, Inc.
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided March 24, 1952No. Nos. 51-57, 51-58PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SWEENEY, Chief Judge.
The defendant E. W. Wiggins Airways, Inc., has filed exceptions to the libel. The third party defendant Avco Manufacturing Corporation, who was impleaded by the defendant Van Arsdale, has filed a special appearance in which it attacks the jurisdiction and venue of this court on the ground that it does not do business within the territorial limits of the Commonwealth. Sometime in 1949 there was an airplane accident in Massachusetts Bay in which several people lost their lives. The owner of the airplane was the defendant Van Arsdale. The defendant Wiggins is alleged to have…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Wyshak v. Anaconda Copper Mining Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1952
3Cited by3 opinions
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