Mulligan's Estate

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Frazer,

This appeal is from a decree of the orphans’ court dismissing plaintiff’s claim against decedent’s estate for breach of contract because the court was without jurisdiction to determine the question of damages, involving the management and settlement of the affairs of a foreign corporation.

The O. D. McHenry Lumber Company, of Virginia, owned a large tract of timber land, and, at the instance of appellant, the O. D. McHenry Lumber Company of Pennsylvania, leased the land to decedent with the understanding that the lease would be assigned to the Virginia Lumber and…