Reichhold Chemicals, Inc. v. Schenectady Coating Corp.

The question is whether the City Court of the city of Schenectady acquires jurisdiction of a non-resident defendant by service of process upon it where the plaintiff likewise is a nonresident and where neither plaintiff nor defendant have a place of business within the territorial jurisdiction of the City Court of the city of Schenectady.

This action was commenced by the issuance of a summons out of said court and the service thereof on the defendant, Schenectady Coating Corporation. This defendant has a place of business in the town of Rotterdam, adjoining the territorial limits of the city…