Case Name: LENSCH v. BOUSHELL CARRIER CO., Inc. (CASARI et al., Third Party Defendants)
Court: United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1940-02-26
Citations: 1 F.R.D. 200
Docket Number: 
Parties: LENSCH v. BOUSHELL CARRIER CO., Inc. (CASARI et al., Third Party Defendants).
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Rules Decisions
Volume: 1
Pages: 200–200

Head Matter:
LENSCH v. BOUSHELL CARRIER CO., Inc. (CASARI et al., Third Party Defendants).
District Court, S. D. New York.
Feb. 26, 1940.
Nicholas D. Lamorte, of New York City, for plaintiff.
Joseph Strauss, of New York City, for third party plaintiff.
Harold J. Robbins, of New York City, for defendants Casari and Steneck.

Opinion:
COXE, District Judge.
Under Rule 14 of the Federal Rules, 28 U.S.C.A. following section 723c, a defendant may bring in a third party who "is or may be liable" either to the original defendant or to the original plaintiff. This is quite different from Section 193, subdiv. 2 of the New York Civil Practice Act, which merely allows a defendant to bring in a third party against whom there is a liability over. Fox v. Western New York Motor Lines, Inc., 257 N.Y. 305, 178 N.E. 289, 78 A.L.R. 578. Rule 14 is clear in its language, and plainly covers the present case. I think, therefore, that the order of January 11, 1940, was proper.
The motion of the third party defendants to vacate the order of January 11, 1940, is denied.