Ord Hardware Co. v. J. I. Case Threshing Machine Co.

Epperson, C.

Plaintiff sued defendant, a Wisconsin corporation, in tbe district court for Valley county to recover commissions alleged to be due plaintiff, as a former agent of defendant, for tbe sale of a tbresbing machine. Summons was issued, and tbe sheriff’s return thereon shows service upon the defendant in Valley county “by delivering to Cornell Brothers, the managing agents of the defendant corporation, a true and certified copy of the summons, the chief officer of the defendant not being found in the county.” The defendant filed an answer, and alleged as its first defense that Cornell…