Selmer v. Smith

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Simpson,

Three partners, who were residents of Berks County, were sued in the courts of Philadelphia County, and the summons was served on two of them while they were temporarily in the latter county. The three filed a petition averring that the service upon one of their number “was procured......through deception and fraud, in enticing and inducing the [one] defendant into the said City and County of Philadelphia by false and fraudulent statements and representations [later specified], at the instance and procuration of plaintiffs, or their agent or agents,’’ and prayed…