Legal Opinion
Smith v. Harris
California Court of Appeal
Decided September 7, 1954No. Civ. 20160PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MOSK, J. pro tem. *
Appellant Smith is a manufacturer’s agent who brought suit against the respondent manufacturer Harris in Los Angeles Superior Court on common counts alr leging commissions due from sales and services rendered in California. The appellant is a resident of Los Angeles, the respondent a resident of Houston, Harris County, Texas.
Being unable to personally serve the respondent within the state of California, appellant attempted to obtain quasi in rem jurisdiction by attaching an account owed to respondent by the Sunbeam Lighting Company, a Los Angeles concern, an account…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Harris v. BalkSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
- North Alaska Salmon Co. v. PillsburyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1916
- McIntyre v. HauserCalifornia Supreme Court · 1900
- Mercantile Acceptance Co. v. FrankCalifornia Supreme Court · 1928
- Bank of Yolo v. Sperry Flour Co.California Supreme Court · 1903
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3Cited by7 opinions
- C. K. Liew v. Official Receiver and Liquidator (Hong Kong), Intervenor/plaintiff-Appellee, Official Receiver and Liquidator (Hong Kong), Intervenor/plaintiff-Cross-Appellant v. C. K. Liew, Plaintiff-Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1982
- John Costello, as Trustee of the Estate of William Jason Evans, Bankrupt v. Bank of America National Trust & Savings Association, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1957
- Liew v. Official Receiver & LiquidatorCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1982
- Northern Counties Bank v. Earl Himovitz & Sons Livestock Co.California Court of Appeal · 1963
- Rechnitzer v. Boyd (In Re Executive Growth Investments, Inc.)United States Bankruptcy Court, C.D. California · 1984
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