LAIRD v. UNITED SHIPYARDS

No. 261, Docket 20575.

163 F.2d 12 (1947)

LAIRD et al. v. UNITED SHIPYARDS, Inc., et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Writ of Certiorari Denied December 15, 1947.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tanzer & Mullaney, of New York City (Robert P. Weil, of New York City, of counsel), for appellant.

Rogers & Condon, of New York City (John F. Condon, Jr., of New York City, of counsel), for appellee United Shipyards, Inc.

Proskauer, Rose & Paskus, of New York City (Joseph M. Proskauer and J. Alvin Van Bergh, both of New York City, of counsel), for defendants-appellees Rogers and Powell.

Mudge, Stern, Williams & Tucker, of New York City (Henry Root Stern and Milton Black, both of New York City, of counsel), for appellee Chase Nat. Bank of City of New York.

Before CHASE and CLARK, Circuit Judges, and RIFKIND, District Judge.


Writ of Certiorari Denied December 15, 1947. See 68 S.Ct. 264.

CHASE, Circuit Judge.

Appellant Laird, and another who took no active part in the trial below and who has not appealed, brought this suit on September 18, 1940 in the District Court for the Southern District of New York. Federal jurisdiction resting entirely upon diversity is clear and unquestioned. The plaintiffs, who will hereinafter be called the appellant, sued in their derivative right as...

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