SIERRA v. PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS

Civ. 6578, 6634, 6826.

107 F.Supp. 519 (1952)

SIERRA et al. v. PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS, Inc. CUEVAS DE PECUNIA et al. v. PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS, Inc. PEREIRA et al. v. PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS, Inc.

United States District Court D. Puerto Rico, San Juan Division.

August 22, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jose J. Santiago, Cayey, Puerto Rico, Cesar Andreu Ribas, San Juan, Puerto Rico, for plaintiffs.

Charles R. Hartzell, San Juan, Puerto Rico, for defendant.


RUIZ-NAZARIO, District Judge.

Defendant has filed speaking motions asking that the present actions be dismissed claiming that these are governed by the "Death on the High Seas Act" 1920, 46 U.S.C.A. § 761 et seq., and exclusively fall within the Admiralty jurisdiction of this court, and that, as the allegations of the complaints herein do not conform with Rule 22 of the Admiralty Rules, 28 U.S.C.A., these fail to state a cause of action upon which relief can...

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