Rensing v. Turner Aviation Corporation

CAMPBELL, District Judge.

Plaintiff, Herman Rensing, a citizen and resident of California, sues the defendant, Turner Aviation Corporation, an Indiana corporation, alleged by the plaintiff to be doing business in this District, for personal injuries allegedly sustained while a passenger in defendant’s plane which crashed to the ground at or near Grant Park, Illinois, on March 6, 1957. The complaint bases jurisdiction on Title 28 U.S.C. §§ 1332 and 1391.

The defendant has filed a motion to dismiss the complaint or quash the return of summons contending that service of process could not properly…