Winter v. Union Packing Co.
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah: Alfred F. Sears, Jr., Judge. Statement by Mr. Chief Justice Bean. The defendant is a domestic corporation, having its principal office and place of business in Astoria, Clatsop County. On March 12, 1904, plaintiff commenced an action against it in the justice’s court for Portland district, Multnomah County, on a cause of action arising in Clatsop County, and caused summons to be served upon defendant in the latter county.
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From Multnomah: Alfred F. Sears, Jr., Judge. Statement by Mr. Chief Justice Bean. The defendant is a domestic corporation, having its principal office and place of business in Astoria, Clatsop County. On March 12, 1904, plaintiff commenced an action against it in the justice’s court for Portland district, Multnomah County, on a cause of action arising in Clatsop County, and caused summons to be served upon defendant in the latter county. At the time the action was commenced a writ of attachment was issued and levied upon certain personal property belonging to defendant in Multnomah County. On…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Bean
1. It -is clear that the judgment appealed from is erroneous, unless the defendant voluntarily submitted itself to the jurisdiction of the justice’s court for Multnomah County. A transitory action must be brought against a domestic corporation either in the county where it has its principal office or place of business or in the county *99where the cause of action arose: Holgate v. O. P. R. Co. 16 Or. 123 (17 Pac. 859); Bailey v. Malheur Irrigation Co. 36 Or. 54 (57 Pac. 910). This rule is not disputed by plaintiff; but it is contended that defendant voluntarily submitted itself to the…
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