In re Pierce-Arrow Motor Car Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
'ApplioatioNS for writs of prohibition to restrain tbe further prosecution of an action in tbe circuit court for Milwaukee county, on tbe ground that tbe summons bad not been properly served on petitioners. Tbe facts of tbe case and tbe allegations of tbe petitions are fully set forth in tbe opinion of tbe court and tbe dissenting •opinion.
1DissentTimxiN, J.
I feel obliged to dissent from the decision denying any relief to the moving parties. An action was begun in the circuit court for Milwaukee county by the Velie Motor Vehicle Company, which pleads that it is-a corporation organized and existing under the laws of Illinois and has its principal office and place of business at Mo-line, in Illinois. It is engaged in the manufacture and sale of automobiles. Fifty-two foreign and four domestic corporations, all engaged in like business, are made defendants, and the action is one to recover damages in the sum of' $500,000 suffered by the plaintiff…
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