Oliver v. Walter Heywood Chair Manufacturing Co.
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from special term, New York county. Action by Harvey E. Oliver against Walter Heywood Chair Manufacturing Company. Plaintiff appeals from an order vacating an attachment in his favor against defendant, on tbe ground that it was a non-resident corporation. Code Civil Proc. H. Y. § 1780, provides as follows: “An action against a foreign corporation may be_ maintained by a resident of the state, or by a domestic corporation, for any" cause of action.
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Appeal from special term, New York county. Action by Harvey E. Oliver against Walter Heywood Chair Manufacturing Company. Plaintiff appeals from an order vacating an attachment in his favor against defendant, on tbe ground that it was a non-resident corporation. Code Civil Proc. H. Y. § 1780, provides as follows: “An action against a foreign corporation may be_ maintained by a resident of the state, or by a domestic corporation, for any" cause of action. An action against a foreign corporation may be maintained by another foreign corporation, or by a nonresident, in one of the following cases…
1Per curiam
The power of the court to reach by its process the property of a foreign corporation within the limits of this state depends entirely upon statutory enactment, and does not proceed from any inherent or general jurisdiction which the court possesses. Therefore, where such right is created by statute, the conditions therein attached to its exercise must be fulfilled, and they must appear before the court obtains jurisdiction. In the case at bar the defendant is a foreign corporation, and an attachment was issued against its property for a cause of action which did not appear to have arisen in…
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