Legal Opinion
Botwinick v. Credit Exchange, Inc.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided September 29, 1965No. Appeal, 163PublishedCited by 75 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Jones,
The sole issue on this appeal is the validity of the service of a complaint in trespass in Philadelphia upon a foreign corporation.
Gerald Botwinick, on December 13, 1963, instituted a trespass action in Court of Common Pleas No. 3 of Philadelphia County against Credit Exchange, Inc., a New York corporation (the New York corporation), wherein Botwinick sought damages for an alleged business libel by the New York corporation. On December 27th, 1963, a deputy sheriff of Philadelphia County purported to serve the complaint in Philadelphia upon the New York corporation.…
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