Deutsch v. Hoge

We have here a state statute to construe (§ 229-b of the New York Civil Practice Act); a statute narrower in scope than the full power of the state. I say this because it is now settled that a state may subject a non-resident to the jurisdiction of its courts without personal service, if the action be based upon an act of the non-resident while personally within the state. Kane v. New Jersey, 242 U.S. 160, 37 S.Ct. 30, 61 L.Ed. 222; Hess v. Pawloski, 274 U.S. 352, 47 S.Ct. 632, 71 L.Ed. 1091; Henry L. Doherty & Co. v. Goodman, 294 U.S. 623, 55 S.Ct. 553, 79 L.Ed. 1097. It seems to me…