Robert Mitchell Furniture Co. v. Selden Breck Construction Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES POR ' THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OP OHIO. Writ of error to review a judgment of the District Court dismissing an action against a foreign corporation, upon the ground that the service of process upon its statutory agent did not give jurisdiction over the person of the corporation.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes
This case is here on error to a judgment of the District .Court that held the summons in the suit void and, on the plaintiff’s statement that it could not secure service otherwise, dismissed the petition for want of jurisdiction over the person of the defendant. An appeal to ■ this Court lies in such a case. Board of Trade of Chicago v. Hammond Elevator Co., 198 U. S. 424. The material facts are as follows: The action is brought by an-Ohio corporation upon a contract made with the defendant, a Missouri corporation, to deliver “ F. O. B. cars Ann Arbor, Michigan,’.’ specified woodwork for the…
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- Simon v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1915
- Old Wayne Mut. Life Assn. of Indianapolis v. McDonoughSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
- Pennsylvania Fire Insurance v. Gold Issue Mining & Milling Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1917
- Board of Trade v. Hammond Elevator Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1905
- Chipman, Ltd. v. Thomas B. Jeffery Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1920
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