Case Name: Paul J. KERN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. A. J. HETTINGER, Jr., individually and as a Director of The Western Pacific Railroad Company, The Western Pacific Railroad Company, "Richard Rowe" fictitious, the real name of the defendant or defendants being unknown to the plaintiff, said fictitious name being intended to designate any one or more persons who were Directors of the Defendant, The Western Pacific Railroad Company between the months of June and October 1957, Samuel P. Mason, The Chase Manhattan Bank and the Chemical Corn Exchange Bank, Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1961-05-24
Citations: 290 F.2d 585
Docket Number: No. 321, Docket 26646
Parties: Paul J. KERN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. A. J. HETTINGER, Jr., individually and as a Director of The Western Pacific Railroad Company, The Western Pacific Railroad Company, “Richard Rowe” fictitious, the real name of the defendant or defendants being unknown to the plaintiff, said fictitious name being intended to designate any one or more persons who were Directors of the Defendant, The Western Pacific Railroad Company between the months of June and October 1957, Samuel P. Mason, The Chase Manhattan Bank and the Chemical Corn Exchange Bank, Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 290
Pages: 585–585

Head Matter:
Paul J. KERN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. A. J. HETTINGER, Jr., individually and as a Director of The Western Pacific Railroad Company, The Western Pacific Railroad Company, “Richard Rowe” fictitious, the real name of the defendant or defendants being unknown to the plaintiff, said fictitious name being intended to designate any one or more persons who were Directors of the Defendant, The Western Pacific Railroad Company between the months of June and October 1957, Samuel P. Mason, The Chase Manhattan Bank and the Chemical Corn Exchange Bank, Defendants-Appellees.
No. 321, Docket 26646.
United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.
Argued April 21, 1961.
Decided May 24, 1961.
Eleanor Jackson Piel, New York City (Donner, Kinoy, Perlin & Piel, New York City, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellant.
Royall, Koegel & Rogers, New York City (John F. Caskey, Herbert C. Earn-shaw, Donald A. Krenz, New York City, of counsel), for respondent Hettinger.
Milbank, Tweed, Hope & Hadley, New York City (A. Donald MacKinnon, Arthur V. Savage, New York City, of counsel), for Chase Manhattan Bank and Chemical Corn Exchange Bank.
Before WATERMAN, MOORE and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
When the within appeal was calendared for argument we examined the record filed by appellant. It clearly appears from that record that the appeal is premature inasmuch as the complaint sets forth a single claim for relief against multiple party defendants and there has been no final determination below as to one of these defendants.
Appeal dismissed for lack of appellate jurisdiction. Mull v. Ackerman, 2 Cir., 1960, 279 F.2d 25; Goldlawr, Inc. v. Hei-man, 2 Cir., 1959, 273 F.2d 729.