Koontz v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort by an employee of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Maryland and alleged to have a usual place of business in Boston, against such employer for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff in Maryland or in the State of Pennsylvania, of which he was an inhabitant. Writ dated September 16, 1913. The action was begun by trustee process.
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Tort by an employee of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Maryland and alleged to have a usual place of business in Boston, against such employer for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff in Maryland or in the State of Pennsylvania, of which he was an inhabitant. Writ dated September 16, 1913. The action was begun by trustee process. Service was attempted to be made on the defendant by serving on the commissioner of corporations of Massachusetts and by summoning as trustee the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad…
1Opinion of the CourtBraley, J.
The amended return on the writ having been insufficient to show any personal service on the defendant, a foreign corporation, described in the writ as having a usual place of business at Boston in this Commonwealth, the court could not enter judgment against the company, which has appeared specially for the purpose of pleading in abatement or to move that the action be dismissed. St. 1903, c. 437, § 62. R. L. c. 170, § 1. Eliot v. McCormick, 144 Mass. 10. Needham v. Thayer, 147 Mass. 536. Kimball v. Sweet, 168 Mass. 105. Roberts v. Anheuser Busch Brewing Association, 215 Mass. 341, 343.…
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