WHITE v. N. & W. RAILWAY CO.


229 Pa.Super. 331 (1974)

White v. Norfolk and Western Railway Company, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

June 21, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth L. Salmon, David G. Klaber, and Kirkpatrick, Lockhart, Johnson & Hutchison, for appellant.

No appearance entered nor brief submitted for appellee.

Before WATKINS, P.J., JACOBS, HOFFMAN, CERCONE, PRICE, VAN DER VOORT, and SPAETH, JJ.


OPINION PER CURIAM, June 21, 1974:

This appeal arose from the denial of the preliminary objections of the appellant, Norfolk and Western Railway (N&W), which argued that venue in Allegheny County was improper because of the doctrine of forum non conveniens. The facts of this suit in trespass are as follows:

Both Mr. White and N&W are legal residents of Roanoke, Virginia, which is also the place where the alleged accident took place, and where...

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