Cumberland Coal Co. v. Sherman

This action was commenced by the service •of a summons and complaint on the defendants Sherman and Dean personally, and upon the president and one of the directors of the Hoffman Steam Coal Company, in the city of New York. The plaintiff and the defendants—the Hoffman Company—are both foreign corporations, organized under the laws •of, and in the State of Maryland. Since the commencement of the action, S. Brook Postly has been made a party defendant by supplemental complaint. The defendants Sherman, Dean, •and Postly are, and were, when the action was commenced, all residents of the State of…