Davies v. Mahanes

DOBIE, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff, an individual citizen of Kansas, sued defendant, an individual citizen of Virginia, in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland for damages sustained in a motor vehicle accident in Virginia. Service of process was made on an agent in Maryland appointed 'by defendant under U.S.C.A. Title 49, § 321(c). At the time of the accident, the truck of defendant was engaged purely in the intrastate transportation of goods from Pin Hook, Virginia, to Altavista, Virginia. District Judge Chesnut granted the defendant’s motion to dismiss without…