CLEAVES v. ROBINSON

No. 12092.

242 F.2d 147 (1957)

Beatrice R. CLEAVES, Administratrix of the Estate of Wesley A. Cleaves, Deceased, v. Samuel D. ROBINSON and Philadelphia Transportation Company, Appellant,

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided March 4, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Francis DeLone, Philadelphia, Pa. (Norma L. Shapiro, Barnes, Dechert, Price, Myers & Rhoads, Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for appellant.

Bernard M. Borish, Philadelphia, Pa. (Anthony S. Minisi, Philadelphia, Pa., Wolf, Block, Schorr, and Solis-Cohen, Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for appellee.

Before MARIS, McLAUGHLIN and STALEY, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

The defendant Philadelphia Transportation Company has appealed from a judgment entered on a verdict against it in the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in a suit for the wrongful death of the plaintiff's decedent. The first count of the complaint sought recovery on behalf of the decedent's children under the Pennsylvania wrongful death statute, 12 P.S.Pa. § 1601 et seq., and the second count on behalf of the decedent's estate...

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