LEHIGH VALLEY R. CO. v. JONES

No. 4533.

50 F.2d 828 (1931)

LEHIGH VALLEY R. CO. v. JONES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

June 12, 1931.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard F. McIntyre and Collins & Corbin, all of Jersey City, N. J. (Edward A. Markley and Charles W. Broadhurst, both of Jersey City, N. J., of counsel), for appellant.

Meaney & Lifland, of Jersey City, N. J. (Thomas F. Meaney, of Jersey City, N. J., of counsel; Louis Bort, of Jersey City, N. J., on the brief), for appellee.

Before BUFFINGTON, WOOLLEY, and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.


WOOLLEY, Circuit Judge.

Walter O'Brien Jones, engineer on a boat operated by the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company, sustained an injury from which he died. His administratrix brought this suit for damages against the railroad company in a state court of New Jersey. The railroad company then filed a libel and petition in the District Court of the United States for the District of New Jersey seeking exoneration from liability and praying limitation of its liability under...

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