Morgan v. Pennsylvania Railroad

J. A. Morgan & Sons, nonresidents of the State of Virginia, hereafter called plaintiffs, brought action in the Circuit Court of the city of Norfolk, Virginia, against Pennsylvania Railroad Company, a corporation, hereafter called defendant, to recover for negligent damage to a carload of strawberries, in transporting them from Seaford, Delaware, to Jersey City, New Jersey.

The declaration was filed at second September rules, 1924. At first October rules, 1924, defendant appeared and filed a plea in abatement to the jurisdiction of the court, as follows:

“And the said defendant, the Pennsylvania…