SHEPPARD v. ATLANTIC STATES GAS CO.

No. 9515.

167 F.2d 841 (1948)

SHEPPARD v. ATLANTIC STATES GAS CO. OF PENNSYLVANIA, Inc. (PENNSYLVANIA R. CO., et al., Third-Party Defendants).

Circuit Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided April 19, 1948.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. B. Martin, of Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant.

J. Peter Williams and Philip Price, both of Philadelphia, Pa. (Barnes, Dechert, Price, Smith & Clark, of Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for appellee Pennsylvania R. Co.

Richter, Lord & Farage, of Philadelphia, Pa., for amici curiae.

Norman H. Abrahamson and Albert M. Hankin, both of Philadelphia, Pa. (Meyer, Lasch, Hankin & Poul, of Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for appellee James A. Taylor.

Before GOODRICH, McLAUGHLIN, and KALODNER, Circuit Judges.


McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judge.

John W. Sheppard the original plaintiff in this litigation, as a resident and citizen of Pennsylvania, sued Atlantic States Gas Company of Pennsylvania, a Delaware corporation, in the court below on a personal injury claim arising out of the collision of the automobile in which he was riding as a passenger and the automobile truck of the defendant in Pennsylvania on January 24, 1945.

Defendant answered denying liability. Its third...

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