Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1938

Shipley Massingham Co. v. Mutual Drug Co.

Shipley Massingham Co. v. Mutual Drug Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Decided March 29, 1938 · Kephart, Schafeer, Maxey, Drew, Linn, Stern, Barnes
198 A. 639; 329 Pa. 559; 1938 Pa. LEXIS 544

Shipley Massingham Co. v. Mutual Drug Co.

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam,

The Court is unwilling to break the unbending rule as to service of process on a nonresident defendant where the decree prayed for is in personam. See Coleman’s Appeal, 75 Pa. 441; Wallace v. United Electric Co., 211 Pa. 473; Vandersloot v. Pa. Water & Power Co., 259 Pa. 99; Hughes v. Hughes, 306 Pa. 75; Atlantic S. N. Gas Co. v. Whitten, 315 Pa. 529; Gallagher v. Rogan, 322 Pa. 315; Degan v. Kiernan, 326 Pa. 397. The court below followed this rule and the order setting aside the service and dismissing the bill against the nonresident appellees is affirmed at appellant’s cost.

Case-law data current through December 31, 2025. Source: CourtListener bulk data.