VanNaarden v. Grassi

OPINION

DITTER, District Judge.

The question in this diversity case is whether non-resident defendants, who sold a house in Pennsylvania to plaintiffs and then moved to another state, can be served under the Commonwealth’s long-arm statute. The complaint alleges that the sale was induced by fraud and misrepresentation. Presently before the court is defendants’ motion to dismiss pursuant to Ped.R. Civ.P. 12(b)(2) for lack of personal jurisdiction. For the reasons that will follow, defendants’ motion must be refused.

The complaint alleges that in June, 1969, defendants Mr. and Mrs. Richard A.…