Case Name: C B S STEEL & FORGE CO. v. SHULTZ et al.
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1951-09-17
Citations: 191 F.2d 683
Docket Number: No. 12864
Parties: C B S STEEL & FORGE CO. v. SHULTZ et al.
Judges: Before MATHEWS, STEPHENS and ORR, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 191
Pages: 683–683

Head Matter:
C B S STEEL & FORGE CO. v. SHULTZ et al.
No. 12864.
United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.
Sept. 17, 1951.
Richard A. Perkins, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellant.
Lyle W. Rucker, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellees Shultz and Puetz.
Before MATHEWS, STEPHENS and ORR, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Howard Lane and Harold W. Gentis brought an action against appellant. Appellant, as a third-party plaintiff, served a third-party complaint on Gordon W. Shultz, Ernest Puetz and Lee McCoy, as third-party defendants. See Rule 14(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 28 U.S.C.A. Shultz, Puetz and McCoy moved to dismiss the third-party complaint for lack of jurisdiction and for failure to state a claim upon which relief could be granted. From an order (improperly called a judgment) granting the motion and dismissing the third-party complaint, appellant has ap>pealed. That order was not a final decision, within the meaning of 28 U.S.C.A. § 1291, and was not appealable. Baltimore & Ohio R. R. Co. v. United Fuel Gas Co., 4 Cir., 154 F.2d 545; County Bank v. First National Bank, 4 Cir., 184 F.2d 152. Therefore the appeal is dismissed.