Legal Opinion
Jacobson v. New York, N. H. & H. R. Co.
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided January 19, 1953No. Civ. A. No. 52-303PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FORD, District Judge.
This is an action to recover for the death of plaintiff’s decedent, alleged to have resulted from injuries received when she was thrown from her seat onto the floor of a car in defendant’s train in which she was traveling as a passenger from Lake Worth, Florida, to Boston. Defendant moves to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction.
There is no diversity of citizenship, and the sole question is whether the allegations in the complaint of violation by the defendant of the Safety Appliances Acts, 45 U.S. C.A. § 1 et seq., make the cause of action one arising under the laws of the…
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Jacobson v. New York, N. H. & H. R. Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1953
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