Cox v. Pennsylvania R. Co.

PTOLTZOFF, Associate Justice (sitting 'by designation).

The plaintiff, Frank T. Cox, Jr., a citizen and resident of New Jersey, sues the Pennsylvania Railroad Company in the Southern District of New York for personal injuries sustained by him as a passenger on a railroad train operated by the defendant. The injuries are alleged to have been suffered in a railroad wreck, which took place in the State of Pennsylvania. The defendant corporation is organized under the laws of the State of Pennsylvania, but is admitted to transact business in the State of New York and actually does business in this…