Legal Opinion
Ormsby v. Executors
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided December 11, 1933No. 101PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mr.'Justice Butler delivered the opinion of the Court.
Frank G. Ormsby was a resident and citizen of Pennsylvania until his death June 14, 1926. He owned a building in New York City in which he maintained and operated a passenger elevator. Respondent was one of his tenants, and October 17, 1925, the elevator, in which she was being carried, fell, seriously injuring her. She did not sueNtim, but, after his death, brought this suit in tKe-.-federal court for the eastern district of Pennsylvania against his executors to recover damages on account of such injuries, alleging them to have been…
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