Tiffany v. La Plume Condensed Milk Co.
District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania
In Bankruptcy.' On exceptions to report of W. L. Hill, referee, ■sur plea to the jurisdiction.
1Opinion of the Court
ARCHBALD, District Judge.
The controversy here is one of jurisdiction. The respondent, a New Jersey corporation, denies by its plea that it has had its principal place of business within the district for the greater portion of six months preceding the institution of these proceedings, as averred in the petition, and as is essential; there ■being no claim of residence or domicile. Bankr. Act July 1, 1898, c. 541, § 2 (1), 30 Stat. 545 [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 3420]. The evidence shows that while incorporated under the laws of New Jersey— and, in order to comply with them, having a nominal…
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- White Mountain Paper Co. v. Morse & Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1904
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