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FAHY v. LeBLANC

223 Pa.Super. 185 (1972)

Fahy, Appellant, v. LeBlanc.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

December 11, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. McCabe, with him Richard A. Kraemer, and Duane, Morris & Heckscher, for appellant.

Peter P. Liebert, 3rd, with him Richard A. Devlin, and Liebert, Short, Fitzpatrick & Lavin, for appellee.

Before WRIGHT, P.J., WATKINS, JACOBS, HOFFMAN, SPAULDING, CERCONE, and PACKEL, JJ.

OPINION BY PACKEL, J., December 11, 1972:

Ancient roots support the rule that judicial jurisdiction will normally not be asserted as to nonresidents who are present locally only because they are witnesses or parties to litigation in the jurisdiction.1 This immunity from legal process "is not a privilege of the individual, however, but of the court itself and exists that the business of the courts might be expedited and justice duly administered...

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