Legal Opinion
Chase v. Ormsby
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided April 7, 1933No. 4864PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIS, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from an order of the District Court refusing to take off a compulsory nonsuit.
The plaintiff, Louise Chase, a resident of St. Louis, was, on October 17, 1925, temporarily residing in New York City in an apartment house which belonged to Frank G. Orms-by, who was then living at Easton, Pa., and was a resident and citizen of that commonwealth and remained so until his death.
On the morning of October 17, 1925, the plaintiff and her mother entered the elevator of the apartment house and the elevator suddenly fell from the fifth floor to the basement. Her…
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