ANDERSON v. ATHERTON

No. 12.

302 U.S. 643 (1937)

ANDERSON, RECEIVER, v. ATHERTON, ADMINISTRATOR.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided October 18, 1937.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. George P. Barse and Eugene P. Locke, with whom Messrs. E.B. Stroud, Maurice E. Purnell, Arthur Peter, and John G. Heyburn were on the brief, for petitioner. Mr. John C. Doolan, with whom Messrs. Newton D. Baker, Howard F. Burns, William W. Crawford, Allen P. Dodd, Churchill Humphrey, T. Kennedy Helm, Graddy Cary, David R. Castleman, Charles G. Middleton, Huston Quin, Henry E. McElwain, Jr., Thomas A. Barker, and Henry J. Tilford were on the brief, for respondents. Messrs. T. Kennedy Helm, Edward A. Dodd, and Henry J. Tilford were on a brief for respondents Dr. Oscar E. Block et al.


Per Curiam.

The Court is of the opinion that the Circuit Court of Appeals was in error in ruling that, in the absence of a cross appeal, the question whether common law liability for negligence would support the decree was not before the court for review. United States v. American Express Co., 265 U.S. 425, 435, 436; Langnes v. Green, 282 U.S. 531, 538, 539; Public Service...

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