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MASTERSON v. ATHERTON

Nos. 280, 281, Dockets 28483, 28484.

328 F.2d 106 (1964)

Arthur M. MASTERSON, Administrator of the Estates of Gerald T. Masterson, Sr., and Gerald T. Masterson, Jr., and Guardian of the Estates of Paul J. Masterson, Lynn F. Masterson, and Richard G. Masterson, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Nellie ATHERTON, Defendant-Appellee. Nellie ATHERTON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Frances T. MASTERSON and Arthur M. Masterson, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided February 19, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph W. Knott, Stratford, Conn. (Theodore I. Koskoff, Bridgeport, Conn., on the brief), for appellants.

John J. Cotter, Bridgeport, Conn. (David Goldstein and Jacob D. Zeldes, Bridgeport, Conn., on the brief), for appellee.

Before FRIENDLY, SMITH and HAYS, Circuit Judges.

J. JOSEPH SMITH, Circuit Judge.

On February 25, 1959 Frances T. Masterson, individually, as administratrix of the decedents' estates of her husband and one minor child, and as guardian of the estates of her three minor children, sued Nellie Atherton in the Connecticut Superior Court for personal injuries and wrongful deaths resulting from a fire in a home owned by the defendant and rented by the Mastersons. A jury found for the plaintiffs, and awarded damages in varying...

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