Hale v. Morgan Packing Co.

PLATT, District Judge.

These are suits brought under the Wrongful Death Act, Chap. 70, Secs. 1 and 2, Ill. Rev. St. 1949. The death of the plaintiff’s intestate in each case arises from the use and operation of a motor vehicle over the highways of the State of Illinois on March 15, 1949. The complaints were filed in the Circuit Court of White County February 4, 1950 and removed to this court.

The defendants were nonresidents of the State of Illinois at the time of the occurrence in question. Service was had upon the two defendants under Chap. 951/2, Sec. 22, Motor Vehicles, Ill. Rev. St. 1949,…