Boston Electric Co. v. Electric Gas Lighting Co.

The defendants’ pleas, in both these cas.es, raise a question of jurisdiction. The defendant corporations, organized under the laws of Maine, have been sued in the circuit court for the district of Massachusetts. The writs were served by attachments of corporate property within this state, and by service upon the proper officers here, if such service could be legally made. It is agreed that the defendant corporations have a usual and principal place of business in Boston; that the president, treasurer, and a majority of the directors of each corporation reside in the state; and that the…