Hutchison v. Mitterling

Himes, P. J.,

Plaintiff instituted an action in trespass against defendant seeking to recover damages, alleging that defendant unlawfully and without legal right whatsoever entered upon plaintiff’s premises, removed plaintiff’s cattle and unlawfully destroyed them or converted them to the use of some person other than plaintiff.

Defendant filed preliminary objections raising a question of jurisdiction, alleging that at the time of the commission of the acts complained of defendant was chief district veterinarian of the Department of Agriculture of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and that as…