Legal Opinion
Picking v. Pennsylvania R. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided August 28, 1945No. 8663PublishedCited by 190 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BIGGS, Circuit Judge.
Ida M. Picking and Guy W. Picking brought suit against The Pennsylvania Railroad Company, a Pennsylvania corporation, and twenty-three individual defendants, claiming compensatory and punitive damages totalling $1,120,050. The plaintiffs allege that they are citizens of Maryland. Thirteen of the individual defendants are alleged to be citizens of Pennsylvania; ten of the individual defendants are alleged to be citizens of New York. Jurisdiction is based first upon diversity of citizenship and there is an allegation of jurisdictional amount. Jurisdiction of the cause is…
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