Superior Court of Delaware, 1921

Purnell v. Pennsylvania Railroad Co.

Superior Court of Delaware · Decided February 8, 1921 · Boyce

31 Del. 173; 1 W.W. Harr. 173; 112 A. 527; 1921 Del. LEXIS 6

Counsel

Daniel J. Layton for plaintiff., Frank M. Jones for defendant.

Opinion of the Court

Boyce, J.

The name of the county is set forth in the caption attached to the declaration, and thereafter laying the venue in each count, as “in the county aforesaid,” meets any objection *175made against the sufficiency of the declaration. Frick, Adm’r, v. Miller, 7 Boyce, 366,107 Atl. 391; Com. v. Edwards, 4 Gray (Mass.) 1. See also, Wolfe v. B. & P. S. Co., 6 Boyce, 352, 99 Atl. 304.

The demurrer is overruled.

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