Price v. Atchison, T. & SF Railway Co.

42 Cal.2d 577 (1954)

ROY D. PRICE, Appellant,

v.

THE ATCHISON, TOPEKA AND SANTA FE RAILWAY COMPANY (a Corporation), Respondent.

L. A. No. 22934.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

Mar. 31, 1954.

Hildebrand, Bills & McLeod and D. W. Brobst for Appellant.

Robert W. Walker, Frederic A. Jacobus and J. H. Cummins for Respondent.

SCHAUER, J.

This case presents the question of the availability in California of the doctrine of forum non conveniens as a ground for refusal by a court to exercise jurisdiction over a cause of action which arose outside the state's boundaries. We have concluded that upon a…