Frisch v. Alexson Equipment Corp.

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Jones,

W. C. Frisch (Frisch) instituted a trespass action in the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County, on April 24, 1961, against five defendants, including Briggs & Stratton Corporation (Briggs), a Delaware corporation not registered to do business in Pennsylvania. This action was commenced by the issuance of a summons the personal service of which upon an alleged agent of Briggs at the agent’s Philadelphia address failed.1 In the meantime, Frisch attempted *249to make a substituted service of Ms complaint upon Briggs, under the provisions of the Business Corporation Law…