O'NEILL v. CUNARD WHITE STAR

No. 174, Docket 20477.

160 F.2d 446 (1947)

O'NEILL v. CUNARD WHITE STAR, Limited.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

March 5, 1947.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph V. Curtis, of Brooklyn, and Silas B. Axtell, of New York City, for appellant.

William J. Brennan and Lord, Day & Lord, all of New York City, for appellee.

Before L. HAND, AUGUSTUS N. HAND and FRANK, Circuit Judges.


L. HAND, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff appeals from an order of the District Court, refusing to transfer her action from the law to the admiralty side of the court, to be prosecuted as a libel in personam. The plaintiff, a British subject, filed a complaint as administratrix of Richard O'Neill, her husband (also a British subject) against the Cunard Line, a British corporation having a place of business in the Borough of Manhattan. She sued to recover damages resulting...

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