Legal Opinion
Bentlif v. London & Colonial Finance Corp.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York
Decided December 23, 1890PublishedCited by 7 opinions
At Law.
1Opinion of the CourtWallace, J.
Two questions arise in this case: First, whether the state court from which this suit was removed acquired any jurisdiction to render a judgment in the action against the defendant; and, second, whether the defendant, after removing the suit to this court, can have it dismissed upon the ground that the state court did not have jurisdiction. The Code of Civil Procedure of this state, (section 432, subd. 3,) as construed by the highest court of the state, authorizes an action to be commenced against a foreign corporation if the cause of action arose here, which neither does business nor has a…
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- Sayles v. Northwestern Ins. Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Rhode Island · 1854
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