BROWN v. MOORE

No. 12062.

247 F.2d 711 (1957)

Emma Jean BROWN, Executrix of the Estate of George R. Brown, Deceased, Appellant, v. Martha R. MOORE, William W. Richardson, Jr., Julia R. Corbin and Robert R. Richardson (William R. Ingraham).

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided June 27, 1957.

Rehearing Denied August 16, 1957.

Writ of Certiorari Denied November 25, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward O. Spotts, Pittsburgh, Pa., Melvin M. Belli, San Francisco, Cal. (Theodore M. Tracy, Pittsburgh, Pa., on the brief), for appellant.

Harold E. McCamey, Pittsburgh, Pa. (Dickie, McCamey, Chilcote, Reif & Robinson, Pittsburgh, Pa., on the brief), for Martha R. Moore, William W. Richardson, Jr., Julia R. Corbin and Robert R. Richardson, appellees.

Milton W. Lampropolos, Pittsburgh, Pa. (Smith, Buchanan, Ingersoll, Rodewald & Eckert, Pittsburgh, Pa., on the brief), for William R. Ingraham, appellee.

Before BIGGS, Chief Judge, and McLAUGHLIN and HASTIE, Circuit Judges.


Writ of Certiorari Denied November 25, 1957. See 78 S.Ct. 148.

BIGGS, Chief Judge.

Jurisdiction in this case is based on diversity of citizenship and jurisdictional amount. Suit was brought in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. The operative facts occurred in Pennsylvania. There is no doubt that the substantive law of Pennsylvania governs. Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Elec. Mfg. Co., 1941, 313 U.S. 487

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