Globe Accident Insurance v. Reid

On Petition for Rehearing.

Black, J.

— A distinction is taken between domestic and foreign corporations as to the methods of acquiring jurisdiction in actions in personam. A corporation organized under the laws of one state doing business in another state becomes liable to be sued and served in the latter state, not merely where the action relates to business done therein, but also in transitory actions arising in another state. A corporation is not regarded as a citizen of a state within the meaning of the constitutional provision that the citizens of each state shall be entitled to all the…