Badger v. Lehigh Valley Railroad

Plaintiff-respondent seeks to recover damages for injuries alleged to have been sustained as a result of the negligence of defendant-appellant in owning, maintaining and repairing a railroad car which caused plaintiff’s injuries. Defendant is a Delaware corporation, which has never registered or become authorized to do business in New York and which was served with summons and complaint outside the State. It moved *602to dismiss the complaint on jurisdictional grounds. Defendant appeals from the order which denied its motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction and which granted…