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EASTERN MOTOR EXPRESS v. ESPENSHADE

Civ. A. No. 18206.

138 F.Supp. 426 (1956)

EASTERN MOTOR EXPRESS, Inc. v. Frances ESPENSHADE, Administratrix of the Estate of Penrose Espenshade, Deceased and Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission.

United States District Court E. D. Pennsylvania.

January 10, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richter, Lord & Farage, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff.

John J. McDevitt, III, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff Frances Espenshade.

Charles A. Wolfe, C. Brewster Rhoads, Philadelphia, Pa., for defendant.

LORD, District Judge.

This case is before the Court on defendants' motions to dismiss, claiming:

1. Lack of jurisdiction;

2. Failure to state a cause of action; and

3. Improper venue.

We shall discuss the issues in that order.

Plaintiff seeks to recover from defendants damages alleged to have been sustained to its tractor-trailer as a result of an accident on January 7, 1953 on the Pennsylvania Turnpike.

Plaintiff owned...

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