Legal Opinion
Olberding v. Illinois Central Railroad
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided November 9, 1953No. 27PublishedCited by 260 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Frankfurter
For present purposes the facts may be briefly stated. The railroad brought suit in the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky against Ol-berding, the owner of a truck, which, while on temporary business in Kentucky, collided with an overpass of the railroad, causing a subsequent derailment. Jurisdiction was based on diversity of citizenship, plaintiff being an Illinois corporation and Olberding a citizen of Indiana. Olberding was apprised of the action through service of process on the Secretary of State in Frankfort, Kentucky, according to the Kentucky Non-resident…
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