Lewis-Kures v. Edward R. Walsh & Co.

SWAN, Circuit Judge.

Jurisdiction of the district court rests on diverse citizenship, the plaintiffs, husband and wife, being residents of New Jersey and the defendant a New York corporation. In 1936 the defendant was engaged as a subcontractor in demolishing the United States Post Office building at Troy, N. Y. While this work was in progress, Mrs. Lewis-Kures (for convenience called the plaintiff) sustained a fall on the steps of this building, resulting in personal injuries for which she sought to recover damages from the defendant. Pier husband joined in the complaint, alleging a cause of…