Legal Opinion

Waller v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad

District Court, S.D. New York

Decided February 2, 1955PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

PALMIERI, District Judge.

This is an action to recover for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff while alighting from one of defendant’s trains. Plaintiff is a citizen of Connecticut, and defendant is a corporation that is organized under the laws of Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island and is authorized to do business in New York.

Defendant moves to dismiss the action on the ground that this Court does not have jurisdiction over the action. See 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a) (1). Defendant contends that there is no diversity of citizenship between the parties because both it and the plaintiff…

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3Cited by1 opinion

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