Wuchter v. Pizzutti

276 U.S. 13 (1928)

WUCHTER

v.

PIZZUTTI.

No. 142.

Supreme Court of United States.

Argued January 5, 1928.

Decided February 20, 1928.

ERROR TO THE COURT OF ERRORS AND APPEALS OF NEW JERSEY.

Mr. James D. Carpenter, Jr., for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Jacob R. Mantel for defendant in error.

This case involves the validity, under the Fourteenth Amendment, of a statute of New Jersey providing for service of process on non-residents of the State in suits for injury by the negligent operation of automobiles on its highways.

Pizzutti was driving a team of horses attached to a wagon on a public highway in New Jersey.…