RAGAN v. MERCHANTS TRANSFER CO.

No. 522.

337 U.S. 530 (1949)

RAGAN v. MERCHANTS TRANSFER & WAREHOUSE CO.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 20, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cornelius Roach argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief was Daniel L. Brenner.

Douglas Hudson argued the cause and filed a brief for respondent.


Opinion of the Court by MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS, announced by MR. JUSTICE REED.

This case, involving a highway accident which occurred on October 1, 1943, came to the District Court for Kansas by reason of diversity of citizenship. Petitioner instituted it there on September 4, 1945, by filing the complaint with the court — the procedure specified by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.1 As prescribed by those Rules, a summons was...

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