Legal Opinion

Boykin v. Hope Production Co.

District Court, W.D. Louisiana

Decided December 8, 1931No. 2066PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DAWKINS, District Judge.

This is an action in damages for breach of contract. Plaintiff alleges that he is a resident of Richland parish, within this district, and that the defendant is a Delaware corporation, which Has appointed an agent for service of legal process residing in the city of New Orleans, within the Eastern district of this state. Citation was addressed to and served by the marshal of said Eastern district upon said agent.

Defendant has filed what is styled an exception to the venue and plea to the jurisdiction. In an amended “plea to the jurisdiction” it is alleged as follows: “…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. J. E. Petty & Co. v. Dock Contractor Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1922
  2. Gutschalk v. PeckDistrict Court, N.D. Ohio · 1919
  3. J. E. Petty & Co. v. Dock Contractor Co.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1922

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Geoffrey Stewart Read v. Dorothy Campbell UlmerCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
  2. Williams v. JamesDistrict Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1940
  3. McCarley v. Foster-Milburn Co.District Court, W.D. New York · 1950
  4. Adair v. Employers' Reinsurance Corp.District Court, N.D. Texas · 1935
  5. Keller v. American Sales Book Co.District Court, W.D. New York · 1936

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