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RANNELS v. S.E. NICHOLS, INC.

No. 78-1637.

591 F.2d 242 (1979)

Carol A. RANNELS, Lynn L. Rannels, Appellants, v. S.E. NICHOLS, INC.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided January 18, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Giering, Greene & Giering, Reading, Pa., for appellants.

Arthur Ed. Saylor, William W. Runyeon, Edelman, Saylor, Readinger & Poore, Reading, Pa., for appellee.

Before ALDISERT and ADAMS, Circuit Judges, and LATCHUM, District Judge.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ALDISERT, Circuit Judge.

In 1957 the Supreme Court instructed that "the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure do not require a claimant to set out in detail the facts upon which he bases his claim."1 The district court here dismissed a diversity action on the grounds that the complaint did not contain proper "factual allegations" to set forth a claim upon which relief could be granted under the applicable Pennsylvania...

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