FRANK v. CRESCENT TRUCK COMPANY

No. 12023.

244 F.2d 101 (1957)

Joseph FRANK, Appellant, v. CRESCENT TRUCK COMPANY and Barrett Cravens Company.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided April 24, 1957.

Rehearing Denied May 22, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry Chashin, Paterson, N. J. (Marcus & Levy, Paterson, N. J., on the brief), for plaintiff-appellant.

Samuel Doan, Paterson, N. J. (Charles C. Stalter, Paterson, N. J., Aaron Dines, Hackensack, N. J., on the brief), for defendant-appellee.

Before GOODRICH, KALODNER and HASTIE, Circuit Judges.


HASTIE, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal by the plaintiff, Frank, from a judgment of involuntary dismissal entered at the conclusion of the plaintiff's case on motion of the defendant Barrett Cravens Co. in an action for negligent personal injury. The accident in suit occurred in New Jersey. Federal jurisdiction exists solely by the reason of diversity of citizenship. Therefore, the law of New Jersey supplies the rules and principles of tort liability by which the...

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