Commercial Mutual Accident Co. v. Davis
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES POR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OP MISSOURI. Tee facts are stated in the opinion.
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ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES POR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OP MISSOURI. Tee facts are stated in the opinion. It is essential to support the jurisdiction of the court to render a personal judgment against a foreign corporation: That at the time of service ¡of the summons the corporation was engaged in business in the State; that the person upon whom service was had stood in a representative character to the company, that his employment was general, not special, ánd that his duties were not limited to. those of a subordinate employé nor to a particular transaction; and that such…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Day
This case presents a question of the jurisdiction of the Circuit Court of the United States to entertain a suit brought by Mary B. Davis, defendant in error, plaintiff below, against the Commercial Mutual Accident Company, plaintiff in error, defendant below. The case comes here upon a certificate involving the question whether the defendant company was duly served with process. The Circuit Court found that the service of summons was valid and sufficient to give it jurisdiction, and overruled a motion to set aside the service and dismiss the action for want of jurisdiction.
The suit Was…
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