Hayat Carpet Cleaning Co. v. Northern Assur. Co.

KNOX, District Judge.

The within motion must he denied. The defendant, being a British corporation, is a citizen and resident of that sovereignty, even; though it does business within the state of New York. See Baumgarten v. Alliance Assurance Co. (C. C.) 153 F. 301; Martin v. B. & O. R. R., 151 U. S. 673, 14 S. Ct. 533, 38 L. Ed. 311; National S. S. Co. v. Tugman, 106 U. S. 118, 1 S. Ct. 58, 27 L. Ed. 87.

As a nonresident foreign corporation, the defendant was subject to suit in this court at the hands of plaintiff. See Barrow S. S. Co. v. Kane, 170 U. S. 100, 18 S. Ct. 526, 42 L. Ed. 964, and…