SOKOLOWSKA v. NATIONAL AIRLINES


154 F.Supp. 376 (1954)

Magdalena SOKOLOWSKA, as Administratrix of the Estate of Eleonora Kurkowska, Plaintiff, v. NATIONAL AIRLINES, Incorporated and Douglas Aircraft Company, Incorporated, Defendants. Meyer F. LEWIS, as Administrator of the Estate of Rodma Lewis Osman, deceased, Plaintiff, v. NATIONAL AIRLINES, Incorporated and Douglas Aircraft Company, Incorporated, Defendants. FIRST NATIONAL BANK IN GREENWICH and William S. Hirschberg, as Executors of the Estate of Eben F. Putnam, deceased, and First National Bank in Greenwich as Administrator c.t.a. of the Estate of Frenelia Lillian Putnam, deceased, Plaintiffs, v. NATIONAL AIRLINES, Incorporated and Douglas Aircraft Company, Incorporated, Defendants.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

October 18, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore E. Wolcott, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Bigham, Englar, Jones & Houston, New York City, for National Airlines, Inc.

Haight, Deming, Gardner, Poor & Havens, New York City, for Douglas Aircraft Co., Inc.


DAWSON, District Judge.

This is a motion to transfer the above-entitled actions to the District Court for the Southern District of Alabama, pursuant to Sec. 1404(a) of Tit. 28 U.S.C.

These are three actions brought by administrators or executors of passengers allegedly killed in the crash of defendant National's aircraft in the Gulf of Mexico on February 14, 1953. The flight originated in Miami, Florida and after...

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