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WELLS, v. SIMONDS ABRASIVE CO.

No. 394.

345 U.S. 514 (1953)

73 S.Ct. 856

97 L.Ed. 1211

WELLS, ADMINISTRATRIX, v. SIMONDS ABRASIVE CO.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 18, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles J. Biddle argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief were Henry S. Drinker and Francis Hopkinson.

Philip Price argued the cause and filed a brief for respondent.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE VINSON delivered the opinion of the Court.

Cheek Wells was killed in Alabama when a grinding wheel with which he was working burst. The wheel had been manufactured by the respondent, a corporation with its principal place of business in Pennsylvania. The administratrix of the estate of Cheek Wells brought an action for damages in the federal court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania after one year, but within two years, after the death. Jurisdiction...

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