Supreme Court of the United States, 1953

Jacobson v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad

Jacobson v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided November 30, 1953
346 U.S. 895; 74 S. Ct. 224; 98 L. Ed. 397; 1953 U.S. LEXIS 1446 (United States Reports)

Jacobson v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad

Opinion of the Court

Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit granted limited to question No. 1 presented by the petition for the writ which reads as follows:

“Was there diversity of citizenship even though the defendant (a multiple corporation) was also incorporated in Massachusetts, which would confer jurisdiction upon the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts?”

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