Melvin v. Better Brands of Illinois, Inc.

Depuy, P. J.,

On April 12, 1962, plaintiffs, Burton F. Melvin, Jr., and Mildred E. Melvin, residents of Delaware, obtained letters of administration on the estates of the other plaintiffs in the office of the Register of Wills of Kent County, Del.

On March 20, 1968, the several plaintiffs instituted an action against defendant corporation in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois to recover damages on behalf of surviving relatives of decedents arising from a certain automobile-truck collision which occurred in the Tuscarora Tunnel of the Pennsylvania Turnpike on…