Dzema v. Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Rd.

In the trial court, after the case proceeded to a hearing on the merits, various defendants named in the action were dismissed from the case, and, at the close of all the plaintiff’s testimony, other defendants having been dismissed from the case, it stood as an action by plaintiff against one defendant only, namely, the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Company. The remaining defendant thereupon moved to dismiss the action as to it, by reason of the court’s lack of jurisdiction over defendant.

The defendant relied upon Section 11282, General Code, which permits service of summons against a…