Legal Opinion
Di Sabatino v. Mertz
District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania
Decided January 28, 1949No. 2979PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURPHY, District Judge.
Defendant moves to dismiss plaintiffs’ complaint averring that the action is barred by the statute of limitations.
Plaintiffs, citizens of Delaware, seek to recover from defendant, a citizen of Pennsylvania, for personal injuries sustained in the State of Virginia. Suit could have been brought in Virginia and service obtained on defendant though he was a nonresident of that State. Section 2154(70), Virginia Code. It was stipulated by coun sel that in Virginia an action of this character would have to be brought within one year from the date of the accident, -and that…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Cope v. AndersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Willard v. WoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Herb v. PitcairnSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Barnes Coal Corp. v. Retail Coal Merchants Ass'nCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1942
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3Cited by24 opinions
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- Bomer v. RibicoffCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1962
- Johnson v. Railway Express Agency, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1973
- Frabutt v. New York, Chicago & St. Louis R. CoDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1949
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