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LIGHTBURN v. DELAWARE POWER & LIGHT COMPANY

158 A.2d 919 (1960)

Willie Mae LIGHTBURN, Plaintiff, v. DELAWARE POWER & LIGHT COMPANY, a Delaware corporation, Edward F. La Fond, Delaware Coach Company, a Delaware corporation, Edward Gagnon, Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania, a Pennsylvania corporation, Harold B. Short, The Diamond State Telephone Company, a Delaware corporation, and The Honorable William J. Storey, Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the State of Delaware, and The Honorable Charles L. Terry, Jr., President Judge of the Superior Court of the State of Delaware, Defendants.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

March 24, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry A. Wise, Jr., Wise & Suddard, Wilmington, for plaintiff.

Louis J. Finger, Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, for resident defendants Delaware Power and Light Co., Delaware Coach Co., Edward Gagnon and Edward F. La Fond.

C. W. Berl, Jr., Berl, Potter & Anderson, Wilmington, for defendant Bell Telephone Co. of Pennsylvania and Harold B. Short, and for the Honorable Charles L. Terry, Jr. and the Honorable William J. Storey.

SOUTHERLAND, C. J., and WOLCOTT and BRAMHALL, JJ., sitting.

SOUTHERLAND, Chief Justice.

Plaintiff Lightburn brought suit in the court below against several defendants to recover for injuries received in a collision involving three motor vehicles. Two of the defendants, Bell Telephone Company and Harold B. Short, are non-residents. Service was made by registered mail, under the provisions of the Non-Resident Motor Vehicle Statute. 10 Del.C. § 3112. Paragraph (b) of the statute...

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