MELO v. BAILEY

Civ. A. No. 28227.

196 F.Supp. 95 (1961)

James MELO v. John BAILEY and Gladys Ackroyd, individually and as Executors of the Estate of Jane Emma Bailey, deceased.

United States District Court E. D. Pennsylvania.

July 26, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elias Magil, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff.

Krusen, Evans & Byrne, by T. E. Byrne, Jr., Philadelphia, Pa., for defendants.


WOOD, District Judge.

The issue here is whether or not a nonresident of Pennsylvania, in an in personam proceeding, can be subject to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, when the defendants were engaged in building operations on real estate in Pennsylvania at the time of the alleged tort.

The Act of July 2, 1937, P.L. 2747, Section 1, 12 P.S. § 331, provides as follows:

"From and after...

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