Hasler & Co. v. Forde Construction Co.

Kun, J.,

This is an action of assumpsit begun by foreign attachment issued April 15, 1926, by Hasler & Co., Inc., plaintiff, against Forde Construction Company, a Delaware corporation, defendant. Wistar, Underhill & Nixon were summoned as garnishee. The return was nihil hab'et as to the defendant. The garnishee entered an appearance. At the time the writ was served, defendant was duly registered by the Secretary of the Commonwealth to do business in the State, and had a place of business, an officer and agent in the City and County of Philadelphia, where service of a writ of summons could have…