Bisbee Linseed Co. v. Fireman's Fund Insurance

Motions for the identical relief are also made by-other defendants in two separate actions brought by the same plaintiff. The three underwriters are respectively incorporated under the laws of California, Connecticut and New Jersey, and the contracts of insurance were entered into in Pennsylvania covering property situated in that State where the fire loss actually occurred. The plaintiff is a Delaware corporation and the ground of "the application is that the courts of this State acquired no jurisdiction by the service as made.

The basis of jurisdiction in an action against a foreign…