Primos Chemical Co. v. Fulton Steel Corp.
District Court, S.D. New York
In Equity. Suit by the Primos Chemical Company against the Fulton Steel Corporation. On motion to dismiss for want of jurisdiction.
1Opinion of the Court
AUGUSTUS N. HAND, District Judge.
[1] Certain creditors, by a special appearance, question the jurisdiction of this court in the above cause upon the ground that the suit is of a local nature. The suit cannot be of a local nature, if there is personal property in this district *428and no fixed property. If the leasehold interest belonging to the defendant is fixed property in this district, the cause was properly brought here, and the receivers would have full jurisdiction over all the property in the circuit under section 55 of the Judicial Code (Act March 3, 1911, c. 231, 36 Stat. 1102 [Comp.…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Central Trust Co. v. McGeorgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
3Cited by1 opinion
- Luhrig Collieries Co. v. Interstate Coal & Dock Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1923