Ball v. Yankee Lines, Inc.

GRIM, District Judge.

This is an action to recover damages for personal injuries arising out of an automobile accident in the Western District of Pennsylvania (Westmoreland County) on December 26, 1946. At the time of the accident the minor plaintiff was riding in an automobile which collided with a truck owned by the defendant. Suit was instituted by the plaintiffs in the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, and service was made upon the defendant’s agent in Philadelphia. The defendant thereupon petitioned this court, and received permission, to join the driver of the…