Cummings v. Whitney

203 F.2d 354

CUMMINGS

v.

WHITNEY.

No. 192.

Docket 22543.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Argued March 9, 1953.

Decided April 10, 1953.

Wallace C. Schinoski, Ludlow, Vt., Bloomer & Bloomer and Asa Bloomer, Rutland, Vt., for plaintiff-appellee.

Osmer C. Fitts and Philip H. Suter, Brattleboro, Vt., William H. Edmunds, Burlington, Vt., of counsel, for defendant-appellant.

Before AUGUSTUS N. HAND, CHASE, and CLARK, Circuit Judges.

CHASE, Circuit Judge.

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Invoking the diversity jurisdiction of the District Court, the appellee, as administratrix of the estate of Charles Marro, sued to recover…