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ORMSBY v. CHASE

No. 101.

290 U.S. 387 (1933)

54 S.Ct. 211

78 L.Ed. 378

ORMSBY ET AL., EXECUTORS, v. CHASE.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 11, 1933.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. C. Brewster Rhoads, with whom Messrs. Laurence H. Eldredge and Robert T. McCracken were on the brief, for petitioners.

Mr. Edward J. Fox, with whom Mr. Edward J. Fox, Jr., was on the brief, for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE BUTLER delivered the opinion of the Court.

Frank G. Ormsby was a resident and citizen of Pennsylvania until his death June 14, 1926. He owned a building in New York City in which he maintained and operated a passenger elevator. Respondent was one of his tenants, and October 17, 1925, the elevator, in which she was being carried, fell, seriously injuring her. She did not sue him, but, after his death, brought this suit in the federal court for the castern...

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