Franklin Manufacturing Co. v. Union Pacific Railroad

Plaintiff, a Minnesota corporation with its principal place of business in Minnesota, has brought this action against defendant railroad, a nonresident corporation, to recover special damages allegedly sustained by plaintiff as a result of a delay in delivery of goods purchased by plaintiff from an out-of-state firm that is not a party to the action. Defendant appeals from the district court’s pretrial order denying a motion to dismiss the action on the basis of lack of personal jurisdiction over defendant. We affirm.

Early in 1970 plaintiff placed an order with the Owens-Corning Fiberglas…