Worthington v. London Guarantee & Accident Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Amsaa Worthington, from an order of the Appellate Term of the Supreme Court, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 7th day of July, 1899, reversing a judgment of the Municipal Court of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, first district, in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of said Municipal Court on the 30th day of -March, 1899, and also from the -judgment of said Appellate Term, entered…
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Appeal by the plaintiff, Amsaa Worthington, from an order of the Appellate Term of the Supreme Court, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 7th day of July, 1899, reversing a judgment of the Municipal Court of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, first district, in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of said Municipal Court on the 30th day of -March, 1899, and also from the -judgment of said Appellate Term, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the-13th day of July, 1899, in pursuance of said order.
1Opinion of the Court
Rumsey, J.:
The action was brought in the Municipal Court , of the city of New York upon a claim for money only against the defendant. Service was made upon an agent of the defendant in this city. The. pleadings were oral, and no objection was taken to the jurisdiction *610of the court at the time of answering. Upon the trial it appeared that the'defendant was not a. domestic corporation, hut that its home office was in Chicago, Illinois. The plaintiff recovered a judgment . for the amount of his claim, which upon appeal to the Appellate Term was reversed upon the'ground that it appeared that, as…
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- Continental Insurance v. RhoadsSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Plimpton v. . BigelowNew York Court of Appeals · 1883
- Frees v. . FordNew York Court of Appeals · 1852
- Burckle v. . EckhartNew York Court of Appeals · 1849
- In re SchultesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898
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