Southern Pacific Co. v. DiCristina

1. Since a State may' in its own courts, where no domestic policy is violated, enforce rights established by the laws of other sovereignties, there is ordinarily no valid reason why such rights may not be enforced in the courts of such State under the attachment laws against a nonresident of the State. Where the right sought to bo thus enforced against a nonresident arises solely under an act of Congress, and thereby by virtue of Eederal authority, it may nevertheless be enforced in the State cortrt by attachment, unless in so doing, on account of the Eederal government having jurisdiction…