Keller v. Brooklyn Bus Corporation

128 F.2d 510 (1942)

KELLER

v.

BROOKLYN BUS CORPORATION.

No. 247.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

May 27, 1942.

Louis Rothbard, of Brooklyn, N. Y. (Ralph Stout, of New York City, of counsel), for appellant.

William C. Chanler, Corporation Counsel, of New York City (Paxton Blair and James Hall Prothero, both of New York City, of counsel), for appellee.

Before L. HAND, SWAN, and FRANK, Circuit Judges.

SWAN, Circuit Judge.

Federal jurisdiction in this case rests on diversity of citizenship. The action sought damages for the death of Mrs. Hudson, who was the plaintiff's mother and of whose estate…