Aversa v. Aubry

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Walling,

This suit was brought in Philadelphia against a citizen of the State of New York on account of personal injuries sustained in an automobile accident in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The defendant, denying that jurisdiction had been acquired over him, presented his petition to the trial court to have that question preliminarily determined under the Act of March 5, 1925, P. L. 23, and, from a decision sustaining such jurisdiction, he brought this appeal.

We are unable to sustain his contention. The action being transitory (see D., L. & W. R. R. v. Ashleman et ux., 300…