Markell v. Lang Machine Co.

McLEAN, J.,

— This proceeding was commenced in our court when the plaintiff filed here an appropriate copy of the record of the Ohio Court of Common Pleas in which plaintiff procured a judgment against defendant which was entered there by default when defendant failed to answer or appear. Plaintiff, an Ohio resident, had obtained service on defendant, a Pennsylvania corporation with its office and business activities in Pittsburgh, by service on the Ohio Secretary of State pursuant to the Ohio long arm statute.

Shortly after the copy of judgment was filed here, defendant presented its petition…