State ex rel. St. Joseph Lead Co. v. Jones
Supreme Court of Missouri
Prohibition. (1) Suit against a foreign corporation which keeps in this State an office or agent for the transaction of its nsnal business, must be brought either in the county where the cause of action accrued or in the county where it keeps such office or agent.
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Prohibition. (1) Suit against a foreign corporation which keeps in this State an office or agent for the transaction of its nsnal business, must be brought either in the county where the cause of action accrued or in the county where it keeps such office or agent. Sec. 1754, R. S. 1909. “Except as otherwise provided by law” nonresidents may be sued in any county under section 1751. But, even if a foreign corporation maintaining an office and agent in this State is to be considered a “non-resident” under section 1751, it is “otherwise provided” by section 1754 that such corporation shall be…
1Opinion of the CourtWilliams, J.
— This is an original proceeding whereby relator seeks to prohibit respondents from proceeding with a case now pending before Hon. William T. Jones, Judge of Division One of the circuit court of the city of St. Louis, wherein William R. Ramsey as plaintiff (one of the respondents herein) seeks to recover from the St. Joseph Lead Company as defendant (relator herein), the sum of $25,000 for injuries alleged by plaintiff to have been by him received through the negligence of the defendant while working. in the employ of the defendant in St. Francois County, Missouri.
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2Cases cited3 opinions
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