Central Trust Co. v. McGeorge
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA. Oír the 8th day of August, 1892, the Central Trust Company, 'a corporation created by and existing under the laws of the State of New York, filed a bill in equity in the. Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Yirginia against the Yirginia, Tennessee and Carolina Steel and Iron Company, created by and existing under the laws of the State of New Jersey.
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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA. Oír the 8th day of August, 1892, the Central Trust Company, 'a corporation created by and existing under the laws of the State of New York, filed a bill in equity in the. Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Yirginia against the Yirginia, Tennessee and Carolina Steel and Iron Company, created by and existing under the laws of the State of New Jersey. The bill alleged that the defendant company had a place of business and carried on its business at Bristol, in' the Western…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shikas
The court below, in holding that it did not have jurisdiction of the cause, and in dismissing the bill of complaint for that reason, acted in view of that clause of the.act of March 3, 1887, as amended in August, 1888, which provides that “ no civil suit shall be brought indhe Circuit Courts of the United States against any person, by any original process, or proceeding, in. any other district than that whereof he is' an inhabitant ; ” and, undoubtedly, if the defendant company, which was sued in another district than that in.- which it had its domicil, had, by a proper plea or motion, sought…
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