Price v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.

42 Cal.2d 577 (1954)

268 P.2d 457

ROY D. PRICE, Appellant,

v.

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

Docket No. L.A. 22934.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

March 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…