United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1958

117 opinions

John J. LONGBOTTOM v. AMERICAN DREDGING COMPANY 1958-01-27
UNITED STATES of America v. James GEMMELL, Jr., Henry J. Kunzig,. Charles E. Milbury, General Engineering Works, Inc. and Peacock Welding Co. 1958-02-10
Kenneth R. FOWLER and Elizabeth K. Fowler, his wife, Plaintiffs, v. Truman M. DODSON, IV, and Truman M. Dodson, V, Defendants 1958-02-11
READING COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION, Defendant 1958-02-13
In re BRICKLAYERS LOCAL NO. 1 OF PA. WELFARE FUND 1958-02-18
A. J. OSTHEIMER, 3rd, and Ruth M. Ostheimer v. UNITED STATES of America 1958-03-04
Elisabeth BYRNE, Administratrix of the Estate of Joe G. Irby, Deceased, v. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY 1958-03-04
UNION COUNTY TRUST COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. SUN CHEMICAL CORPORATION, Defendant 1958-03-05
Anna BOWMAN v. The HOME LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, a Delaware Corporation; Doris BOWMAN v. The HOME LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, a Delaware Corporation 1958-03-06
UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Charles J. DION v. William J. BANMILLER, Supt. Eastern State Penitentiary, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1958-03-07
Robert POWELL et al. v. The PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY et al. 1958-03-07
Edward MENNETI, Administrator of the Estate of Marc Albert Warner, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. EVANS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY and William M. Cadman and William Morrow, trading as Morrows Contracting Company, Defendants 1958-03-10
Robert SULLIVAN and Wallace Sullivan v. George GIST (Yellow Cab Company) 1958-03-11
Arnold HANKINSON v. The PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY and the United States of America 1958-03-13
John Joseph CARBECK v. BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD COMPANY 1958-03-13
Casimir TRAUSS, Individually and trading as Trauss Electric Service, etc., v. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, Richardson S. Dilworth, Mayor, et al. Max ZUCKER, etc., v. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, Richardson S. Dilworth, Mayor, et al. Ralph GLASSMAN, Individually and trading as Alert Electric Company, etc., v. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, Richardson S. Dilworth, Mayor, et al. M. ZUCKER COMPANY, a Pennsylvania Corporation, etc., v. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, Richardson S. Dilworth, Mayor, et al 1958-03-14
In The Matter of Martin W. SUPNICK, Individually and Trading as Crystal Furriers 1958-03-14
Hermine RAUSNITZ v. PHILADELPHIA TRANSPORTATION COMPANY 1958-03-26
Bernice BULLOCK, Individually and as Administratrix C. T. A. of the Estate of Asbury S. Bullock, Deceased, v. SINCLAIR REFINING COMPANY 1958-03-27
UNITED STATES of America v. Basile BAKOUROS, also known as Nickolaos Bakouros and Vasilios Bakouros 1958-03-28
ROBERT HAWTHORNE, Inc. v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR, John [Fred] A. Seaton, Secretary of the Department of the Interior and M. O. Anderson, Contract Officer and Superintendent 1958-03-28
Edward JACOBSEN v. UNITED STATES of America 1958-04-07
Joseph W. NOLAN, Charles O. Keagy, Jr., Earl F. Wingert, Ralph W. Belmore, William D. Eveland, James K. Stellos, Charles W. Snyder, Thomas H. Grissom, Frank C. Richardson, Walter E. Shannon, Jr., Bernard M. Baldomar, Virgil W. Keith, Charles F. Bartlett v. A. H. BASSE REDERI AKTIESELSKAB and Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Co., Inc.; Charles BARRETT, Master of THE MST LST 287, on his own behalf and on behalf of her Officers and Crew v. A. H. BASSE REDERI AKTIESELSKAB and Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Co., Inc. 1958-04-08
Louis Earle LASCH v. Fred ANTKIES and Elayne Antkies 1958-04-16
UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Glenn SLEIGHTER v. William J. BANMILLER, Warden, Eastern State Penitentiary, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1958-04-17
Rosebud H. MARTIN and E. L. Martin, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff (City of Philadelphia, Third-Party Defendant) 1958-04-17
Sadie ROSEN v. The FIDELITY AND CASUALTY COMPANY OF NEW YORK 1958-04-24
Mary KOTISHION, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant 1958-04-29
HARMS, INC., and Bourne, Inc., v. SANSOM HOUSE ENTERPRISES, INC., and Muse-Art Corporation. LEO FEIST, INC., Crawford Music Corporation and Williamson Music, Inc., v. The LEW TENDLER TAVERN, INC., and Muse-Art Corporation 1958-04-29
Bennet F. SCHAUFFLER, Regional Director of the Fourth Region of the National Labor Relations Board, for and on behalf of the National Labor Relations Board, Petitioner, v. BREWERY AND BEER DISTRIBUTOR DRIVERS, HELPERS and PLATFORM MEN, LOCAL 830, INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS, CHAUFFEURS, WAREHOUSEMEN AND HELPERS OF AMERICA, INDEPENDENT, Respondent 1958-05-01
Helen B. SICILIA and Frank Sicilia, husband and wife, v. Samuel TASSELL 1958-05-13
Granville H. MEIER v. The TEXAS COMPANY (two cases) 1958-05-13
LOCAL UNION NO. 492 BAKERY AND CONFECTIONERY WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF AMERICA and Henry Alvino, Plaintiffs, v. Bennet F. SCHAUFFLER, Individually and as Regional Director of the National Labor Relations Board, Fourth Region, Respondent, American Bakery and Confectionery Workers International Union, AFL-CIO, and Local No. 492, American Bakery and Confectionery Workers International Union, AFL-CIO, Intervenors 1958-05-15
Earl J. MORAN and Lillian I. Moran v. PHILADELPHIA TRANSPORTATION COMPANY 1958-05-27
Patricia JENKINS, Administratrix of the Estate of Dudley A. Jenkins, Deceased, v. Leonard NICHOLSON and Sidney U. Wenger. Christina QUANDT, Administratrix of the Estate of Isabel M. Jenkins, also known as Isabelle M. Jenkins, Deceased, v. Leonard NICHOLSON and Sidney U. Wenger 1958-05-28
GREATER DELAWARE VALLEY FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATION v. FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK BOARD 1958-06-17
Anna Ervina WEST v. UNITED STATES 1958-06-18
Ray CONNER, Administrator of the Estates of Esther Benedetto, Emily DAscenzo, Joseph DAscenzo, Jr., and Donna DAscenzo, Deceased, v. The PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY 1958-06-23
NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL-MAATSCHAPPIJ, N.V. (Netherlands Trading Society) v. SENTRY CORPORATION 1958-06-25
E. Elizabeth SHEEN v. UNITED STATES 1958-06-25
In the Matter of LUSCOMBE ENGINEERING COMPANY, Inc., Bankrupt 1958-06-30
UNITED CEMENT, LIME AND GYPSUM WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION, AFL-CIO, LOCAL NO. 55, v. ALLENTOWN-PORTLAND CEMENT CO. 1958-07-07
UNITED STATES of America v. Alba CANALE and Irving Shanhart, individually and trading as Alba Warehouse Company; and Samuel Canale and Ida Torbach, also known as Ida S. Aukberg, and Philadelphia Gas Works, Division of the United Gas Improvement Company 1958-07-09
Peter J. ZEGAN v. The CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY 1958-07-09
Vera G. JOHNSTONE, guardian of the Estate of Ellen Suzann Kramer, a minor v. OCONNOR & CO., Inc. 1958-07-11
Rocco MASSE v. PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE COMMISSION and Richard Germroth 1958-07-14
Francis LOLLI v. MACK TRUCK, INC. and Burton Auto Spring Company 1958-07-14
Maria COX and Herman Cox v. FOOD FAIR STORES, Inc. 1958-07-17
NOERR MOTOR FREIGHT, Inc., et al. v. EASTERN RAILROAD PRESIDENTS CONFERENCE et al. 1958-07-22
ARNDT, PRESTON, CHAPIN, LAMB AND KEEN, Inc., v. L-M MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Inc. 1958-07-24
Petition for NATURALIZATION of Abraham SPAK 1958-07-24
UNITED STATES of America v. James SANTORE 1958-07-25
Ephraim TOMLINSON, II, Administrator of the Estate of Glenn R. Wenrich, Deceased, v. TRUSTEES OF the UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA and Franklin X-Ray Corporation and Eugene P. Pendergrass, M. D., and John F. McCarthy, Inc., Third-Party Defendant, and Picker X-Ray Corporation, Third-Party Defendant 1958-07-25
UNITED STATES FIDELITY AND GUARANTY COMPANY v. George BILYI 1958-07-28
Vivian WATFORD v. Wilbur SIMON 1958-07-30
UNITED STATES of America v. Joseph Dominick BUTCH 1958-07-30
Donald D. PATRICK, Owner of THE Barge WILMINGTON, v. THE Tug FLORENCE, her engines, boilers, etc., and her Owner, Florida Towing Corporation, and THE Barge OIL TRANSFER NO. 23 and her owner, Oil Transfer Corporation, Respondents, THE Tug PASSYUNK, and Quaker City Navigation Company, and Jean V. Patrick, Impleaded Respondents; CHESTER BLAST FURNACE, Inc., v. THE Tug FLORENCE, her engines, boilers, etc., and her Owner, Florida Towing Corporation, Donald D. Patrick, as Owner and Claimant of the Tug Passyunk, Jean V. Patrick and Quaker City Navigation Company, Impleaded Respondents 1958-07-30
Marjorie ARNY, Plaintiff, v. PHILADELPHIA TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, Defendant 1958-07-31
Jill FEIN, a minor by her natural guardian Leonard Fein and Charlotte Fein and Leonard Fein in their own right as parents, and Charlotte Fein and Leonard Fein, v. PUBLIC SERVICE COORDINATED TRANSPORT 1958-07-31
Milton LOW, d.b.a. Lows Food Store and Peter Small, d.b.a. House of Health v. Raymond A. THOMAS, Postmaster, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Harvey Eck, Postmaster, Emmaus, Pennsylvania 1958-08-04
JOSEPH BANCROFT & SONS CO., v. SHELLEY KNITTING MILLS, INC. 1958-08-04
Louis GAUDIOSI, Charles Schwartz, and Randolph Phillips, individually and on behalf of all other stockholders of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Walter S. FRANKLIN, Richard K. Mellon, Robert T. McCracken, C. Jared Ingersoll, James E. Gowen, Philip R. Clarke, James M. Symes, John A. Diemand, John B. Hollister, Lammot du P. Copeland, Donald Danforth, R. George Rincliffe, William L. Day, Otto N. Frenzel, Fred Carpi, David C. Bevan, James P. Newell, Directors; Bayard H. Roberts and The Pennsylvania Railroad Company, a corporation, incorporated under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Defendants 1958-08-05
William J. FOULKE, Sr., Administrator of the Estate of William J. Foulke, Jr., Deceased, v. Raymond F. MEILUTA 1958-08-13
In the Matter of DEES, Inc., Debtor 1958-08-15
Louis GAUDIOSI, Charles Schwartz, and Randolph Phillips, individually and on behalf of all other stockholders of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Walter S. FRANKLIN, Richard K. Mellon, Robert T. McCracken, C. Jared Ingersoll, James E. Gowen, Philip R. Clarke, James M. Symes, John A. Diemand, John B. Hollister, Lammot du P. Copeland, Donald Danforth, R. George Rincliffe, William L. Day, Otto N. Frenzel, Fred Carpi, David C. Bevan, James P. Newell, Directors; Bayard H. Roberts, and The Pennsylvania Railroad Company, a corporation, incorporated under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Defendants 1958-08-18
Joseph J. ROSENTHAL v. WARWICK HOTEL 1958-08-25
Matthew Joseph LEONARD v. LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY and Morris Boney, Inc. 1958-08-27
VIKI HOSIERY CORPORATION v. Samuel MARGULIES, Individually and d.b.a. Best Wear Hosiery Co., and Mar-Rene Hosiery Mills, Inc., and New Toe Hosiery Manufacturing Co. 1958-08-28
Petition for Naturalization of Grete W- 1958-09-02
PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE COMMISSION, to the Use of Alex FINK and Nathan Fink, trading as Perry Construction Co. v. SEABOARD SURETY COMPANY; WENGER BROTHERS, INC. v. UNITED STATES FIDELITY & GUARANTEE CO. and Alex Fink and Nathan Fink, trading as Perry Construction Co., a partnership 1958-09-03
Joseph A. MAYO and Ruth S. Mayo v. McCLOSKEY & CO., McCloskey & Co. of Florida and McCloskey Homes, Inc. 1958-09-03
Fred GREEN, Administrator of the Estate of Nina Voroponov, Deceased, v. William E. BOTTOMS, and Allen K. Cooper, and Friends Neighborhood Guild, Inc. 1958-09-03
Jacob ROSNER v. Edgar A. McGINNES, Dist. Dir. of Int. Rev.; Louis PRINCE v. Edgar A. McGINNES, Dist. Dir. of Int. Rev. 1958-09-03
MECHANICAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION OF PHILADELPHIA, INC. v. LOCAL UNION 420, Local Union 428, and Local Union 690 of the United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada AFL-CIO 1958-09-03
Anthony J. SATTLER, Plaintiff, v. Jess William MOWRY and Crown Motor Freight Company, Inc., Defendants 1958-09-03
Esther M. TAGTMEIER v. Harry J. SMITH, individually and trading as Doriss & Smith, and John W. Doriss, Jr 1958-09-03
Ferdinand P. SCHOETTLE v. SARKES TARZIAN, INC., Sarkes Tarzian and Mary M. Tarzian, His Wife 1958-09-03
Henry Laussat Geyelin CLEMENT v. Francis R. SMITH, Collector of Internal Revenue, First District of Pennsylvania 1958-09-03
Pearl MARSHALL v. Robert F. SCHWAB and Russell Melvin Marshall 1958-09-03
MARYLAND CASUALTY COMPANY v. Fred GREEN, Administrator of the Estate of Nina Voroponov, Deceased, Indemnity Insurance Company of North America, Friends Neighborhood Guild, Inc., William E. Bottoms, Robert Bottoms, Mamie Bunch, Allen K. Cooper 1958-09-03
In the Matter of Samuel V. BARNES and Frank V. Messenger, Individually and Co-partners trading as Barnes-Messenger Company, Bankrupts 1958-09-03
Jane E. WILSON v. H. BROWN 1958-09-03
Arthur RANDOLPH v. WATERMAN STEAMSHIP CORP., States Marine Corp., and Paul J. Carey and Ruth P. Carey, trading as Chester Stevedoring Co. 1958-09-03
FEDERAL INSURANCE COMPANY v. MICHIGAN MUTUAL LIABILITY COMPANY, J. Robert Bazley, Inc., Lamar P. Conrad, S & E McCormick, Inc., and Alex Witcjak 1958-09-03
Raymond L. McNEIL v. AMERICAN EXPORT LINES, INC. and American Trading & Production Corporation 1958-09-03
Bessie B. MERZ v. MERZ WHITE WAY TOURS, Lawrence J. Gibbons, Floyd C. Douse, Harry A. Merz and John V. Espenshade 1958-09-03
Anthony BILLERA and Ignatius Billera, doing business as Universal Pants Company: Universal Pants Company, Inc., and Anthony Billera, Ignatius Billera, James Billera and Carlo Billera, individually and as officers of Universal Pants Company, Inc., Plaintiffs, v. James P. MITCHELL, Secretary of Labor of the United States of America, Defendant; James P. MITCHELL, Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor, Plaintiff, v. Anthony BILLERA and Ignatius Billera, doing business as Universal Pants Company, Universal Pants Company, Inc., and Anthony Billera, Ignatius Billera, James Billera and Carlo Billera, individually and as officers of Universal Pants Company, Inc., Defendants 1958-09-03
Anna V. GOWER, Administratrix of the Estate of Russell E. Weidman, Deceased v. CHESTNUT RIDGE RAILWAY COMPANY and Pennsylvania Railroad Company and Lehigh and New England Railroad Company 1958-09-03
SPEAKMAN COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. SLOAN VALVE COMPANY, Defendant 1958-09-03
ATLAS TRANSPORTATION COMPANY v. UNITED STATES of America 1958-09-15
The PHILADELPHIA SAVING FUND SOCIETY v. UNITED STATES of America 1958-09-25
Joseph J. ODONOHUE, IV, Plaintiff, v. The FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF PHILADELPHIA, individually and/or trustee, etc., Defendant and Counterclaimant for Interpleader, Louis G. Cohen and Magbeth D. Cohen, Joseph Hoffman and Freda Hoffman, Julian R. Wilheim and Lois E. Wilheim, Claimants, Additional Defendants. United States of America, Intervenor 1958-09-25
PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE COMMISSION v. Edgar A. McGINNES, District Director of Internal Revenue, Philadelphia, Manu-Mine Research & Development Company and Seaboard Surety Company 1958-09-29
Rudolph John TOHAN v. JOSEPH T. RYERSON AND SON, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Defendant and Third Party Plaintiff, Custodis Construction Co., Inc., a Delaware corporation, Third Party Defendant; Norman WILSON v. JOSEPH T. RYERSON AND SON, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Defendant and Third Party Plaintiff, Custodis Construction Co., Inc., a Delaware corporation, Third Party Defendant 1958-09-30
COUNTY THEATRE CO. v. PARAMOUNT FILM DISTRIBUTING CORP. et al. 1958-09-30
Georgia SADDLER v. BETHEL MARKETS, Inc. 1958-10-06
Clinton GABAREE v. JAY SHIP MAINTENANCE CORPORATION, Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff, and Mar-Trade Corporation, Defendant (Pennsylvania Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Co., Inc., American & Foreign Warehouse Co., Thomas S. Lee, Third-Party Defendants) 1958-10-08
LAVINO SHIPPING COMPANY v. P. J. DONOVAN, Deputy Commissioner of United States Employees Compensation Commission, Defendant, and Anna T. Lou Smith, Intervening Defendant 1958-10-20
Henry PLATT, Plaintiff, v. Robert J. REYNOLDS, Defendant and Third Party Plaintiff, William A. Bechtel, Third Party Defendant 1958-10-24
William DE VAN v. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY; GRACE LINE, INC., v. INDEPENDENT PIER COMPANY, Impleaded Respondent 1958-10-28
UNITED STATES of America v. John Joseph QUIRK, II 1958-10-29
Chester ORZULAK v. FEDERAL COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION COMPANY, Ltd. 1958-11-05
Clifford A. COLEMAN, Plaintiff, v. STOCKARD STEAMSHIP CORPORATION, Defendant; Clifford A. COLEMAN, Libellant, v. STOCKARD STEAMSHIP CORPORATION, Respondent 1958-11-10
Mathias EISENMANN et al. v. GOULD-NATIONAL BATTERIES, INC. 1958-11-12
UNITED STATES of America v. Francis LABATE, Joseph P. Ballard, Francis Jack Kesting, Harry Deering, Harry H. Nonnemacker, Jr., Aaron Sussman, Harry Nassau, Maurice Herbert Chamberland, Harry Chorney, Charles F. Spalazzo 1958-11-14
UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Lester G. KOFFEL v. David N. MYERS, Warden, State Penitentiary, Graterford, Pennsylvania 1958-11-17
Vincent JACONSKI v. McCLOSKEY & COMPANY 1958-11-19
James P. MITCHELL, Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor, v. BRANCH MOTOR EXPRESS COMPANY, a corporation 1958-11-25
George T. THOMAS v. John J. ROLAND, Administrator of the Estate of Francis V. Roland, deceased; Helen E. THOMAS and Hilda T. Mumford, Plaintiffs, v. John J. ROLAND, Administrator of the Estate of Francis V. Roland, deceased, Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff (George T. THOMAS, Third-Party Defendant); Hilda T. MUMFORD, Plaintiff, v. George T. THOMAS, Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff (John J. ROLAND, Administrator of the Estate of Francis V. Roland, deceased, Third-Party Defendant) 1958-11-26
BALDWIN-LIMA-HAMILTON CORPORATION and Edward E. Simmons, Jr., Plaintiffs, v. TATNALL MEASURING SYSTEMS COMPANY and The Budd Company, Defendants 1958-12-01
UNITED STATES of America v. JERROLD ELECTRONICS CORPORATION, National Jerrold Systems, Inc., Jerrold-Northwest, Inc., Jerrold-Southwest, Inc., Jerrold-Ohio, Inc., Jerrold Mid-Atlantic Corporation, and Milton Jerrold Shapp 1958-12-03
In The Matter of ADRIAN RESEARCH & CHEMICAL COMPANY, Inc., Bankrupt 1958-12-04
Louis BITTNER v. Vera Mary LITTLE and Harry Little 1958-12-04
Edward R. BISHOP v. JOSEPH R. FARRELL, Inc. 1958-12-09
Grace Waugh DE SANTIS v. UNITED STATES of America 1958-12-10
Thomas F. BOHANNON v. READING COMPANY, James R. Kelly and Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen, an association 1958-12-18
GOLDLAWR, Incorporated, Plaintiff, v. Jacob J. SHUBERT and Lawrence Shubert Lawrence, Milton Shubert, William Klein and Sylvia W. Golde, individually and as Trustees of the Estate of Lee Shubert, Deceased, Marcus Heiman, United Booking Office, Incorporated, Select Theatres Corporation, Select Operating Corporation and L.A.B. Amusement Corporation, Defendants; GOLDLAWR, Incorporated, Plaintiff, v. Jacob J. SHUBERT and Lawrence Shubert Lawrence, Milton Shubert, William Klein and Sylvia W. Golde, individually and as Trustees of the Estate of Lee Shubert, Deceased, individually and as co-partners, John Shubert, Marcus Heiman, United Booking Office, Incorporated, Select Theatres Corporation, Select Operating Corporation, Modern Theatre Corporation, Barrymore Theatre Corporation and L.A.B. Amusement Corporation, Defendants 1958-12-22