Legal Opinion
Wells v. Simonds Abrasive Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 18, 1953No. 394PublishedCited by 148 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Vinson
Cheek Wells was killed in Alabama when a grinding wheel with which he was working burst. The wheel had been manufactured by the respondent, a corporation with its principal place of business in Pennsylvania. The ad-ministratrix of the estate of Cheek Wells brought an action for damages in the federal court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania after one year, but within two years, after the death. Jurisdiction was based upon diversity of citizenship.
The section of the Alabama Code1 upon which petitioner predicated her action for wrongful death provided that action “. . . must be brought…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- Engel v. DavenportSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Order of United Commercial Travelers of America v. WolfeSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Hughes v. FetterSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Rosenzweig v. HellerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1930
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3Cited by148 opinions
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- Brownell Combs, Ii, Administrator C.T.A. Of the Estate of Leslie Combs, Ii, Deceased v. International Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2004
- Kilberg v. Northeast Airlines, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1961
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