Legal Opinion
Willis v. Weil Pump Co.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided November 26, 1954PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DAWSON, District Judge.
This is a motion by the defendant, appearing specially, to dismiss the complaint on an issue of jurisdiction and on a state statute limiting the time within which an action may be brought.
The action is brought by an administratrix for the death of the decedent. The complaint alleges, in substance, that the decedent, while working for the Tennessee Copper Company at its plant in Tennessee, was killed when a certain pump exploded. It alleges that the pump was bought from the Weil Pump Company, an Illinois corporation, and that the defendant was negligent in that the pump…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Skelly Oil Co. v. Phillips Petroleum Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Neirbo Co. v. Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Douglas v. New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1929
- Murnan v. Wabash Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1927
- Grossman v. Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1945
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Orzulak v. Federal Commerce and Navigation Co.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1958
- Strickler v. SLOAN, ETC.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1957
- Graham v. Red Ball Motor Freight, Inc.District Court, N.D. Mississippi · 1966
- Forrest R. Jamison and Diana L. Jamison v. Cathy Marie Cooper, David Carlton, and Darrell H. CarltonCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
- H. R. Kimbrell and Dean Kimbrell, a Minor, by Next Friend and Father, H. R. Kimbrell v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1962
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