Cook v. Champlain Transportation Co.
Court for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors
. Action on the case, tried at the Washington circuit, October 4,1843, before Willard, C. Judge. The defendants were a corporation under the laws of the state of Vermont.
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. Action on the case, tried at the Washington circuit, October 4,1843, before Willard, C. Judge. The defendants were a corporation under the laws of the state of Vermont. The first count in the declaration alleges that the plaintiffs were the owners and possessors of a certain building called a steam, planing mill, with the appurtenances, fixtures and machinery thereunto belonging, and of a large quantity of lumber and timber lying in and about the same, at Whitehall, on the east side of the basin, so called, near the village of Whitehall, about eighty rods from the steamboat dock on Lake…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Beardsley, J.
It was urged on the argument that the defendants, being a foreign corporation, were not amenable to the laws of this state, nor subject to the jurisdiction of its courts.
Such corporations are legal persons, and are by no means strangers in our courts. They may sue, as is often done, and by appearing and pleading in chief, to an action brought against them, jurisdiction over the parties who defend, as in other cases, is conceded. We need not stop to inquire whether an appearance could be compelled, for here, as' far as we know, it was voluntary. The general issue was…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Rathbun & West v. PayneNew York Supreme Court · 1838
- Heermance v. VernoyNew York Supreme Court · 1810
- Camden & Amboy Railroad & Transportation Co. v. BelknapNew York Supreme Court · 1839
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- Tonawanda Rail-Road v. MungerNew York Supreme Court · 1848
- Fero v. . the Buffalo and State Line Railroad CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1860
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