Legal Opinion
Summerall v. United Fruit Co.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided August 20, 1935PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HULBERT, District Judge.
Motion to dismiss complaint upon the ground that this court has neither jurisdiction of the person of the defendant nor the subject-matter of the action, pursuant to rule 107, New York Rules of Civil Practice.
Plaintiff, a seaman and member of the crew of the steamship Metapan owned and operated by the defendant, sues to recover the sum of $25,000 damages alleged to have been sustained in his line of duty owing to the negligence of a fellow servant while said vessel was afloat in navigable waters at Havana, Cuba, on or about March 29, 1935.
Plaintiff is a native of…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Gregonis v. Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1923
- Murnan v. Wabash Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1927
- Panstwowe Zaklady Graviozne v. Automobile Ins. Co. of HartfordDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1928
3Cited by5 opinions
- Brown v. C. D. Mallory & Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1941
- Burris v. Matson Nav. Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1940
- Blanco v. Gulf Coast Transportation, Inc.District Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1964
- Brown v. C. D. Mallory & Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1941
- Vincent v. Ann Arbor R.District Court, S.D. New York · 1947