Legal Opinion
Hinman v. Berkman
District Court, W.D. Missouri
Decided August 11, 1949No. 715, 716PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIDGE, District Judge.
In the above actions plaintiffs seek recovery of actual and punitive damages of defendants for a tort arising out of an automobile collision occurring on a highway in the State of Missouri. Diversity of citizenship betw'een the parties and requisite jurisdictional amount, give this court jurisdiction.
The defendant United Jewish Appeal is a non-profit, charitable corporation, organized under the Membership Corporation Law of the State of New York, McKinney’s Consol.Laws, c. 35, § 10 et seq. N.Y.Laws of 1926, Chap. 772. Plaintiffs assert liability here exists against the…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Yoder v. Nu-Enamel CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1941
- Adams v. University HospitalMissouri Court of Appeals · 1907
- Root v. Kansas City Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1906
- Dille v. St. Luke's HospitalSupreme Court of Missouri · 1946
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Brown v. Church of the Holy Name of JesusSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1969
- Kaufman v. American Youth Hostels, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1958
- Margaret Pickford Egerton v. R. E. Lee Memorial Church, an Unincorporated AssociationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1968
- Allison v. Mennonite Publications BoardDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1954
- Kreuger v. SchmiechenSupreme Court of Missouri · 1954
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