Cornille v. R. G. Dun & Co.

The question in this case is whether an ordinary partnership domiciled in another state and composed of *1079nonresidents is subject to tbe jurisdiction of a local court, by service of citation upon a clerk employed by tbe partnership, in the establishment where the firm is doing business in this state. The judge of the civil district court dismissed the suit for want of jurisdiction, and the plaintiffs have appealed.

• The action is for $70,000 damages for the publication of a commercial report on the plaintiffs, which they allege was false and injurious. They ask only for a judgment against the…