Legal Opinion
Acuff v. Service Welding & MacHine Company
District Court, E.D. Tennessee
Decided April 13, 1956No. Civ. A. 2909PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROBERT L. TAYLOR, District Judge.
Defendant has moved to abate and dismiss the action, first, because another suit is pending between the same parties on the same cause of action in the District Court for the Western District of Kentucky at Louisville; second, because the service of process under the nonresident motorist statute of Tennessee was not authorized by that statute.
It is alleged in the complaint that defendant is doing business in Tennessee as a corporation. Service of process was directed to the secretary of state both with reference to statutes which provide for service of…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Ellis v. Georgia Marble Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1950
- Bertrand v. WildsTennessee Supreme Court · 1955
3Cited by6 opinions
- Kohanovich v. YoureeSupreme Court of Delaware · 1959
- Langness v. Fernstrom Storage & Van Co.District Court, D. North Dakota · 1966
- Lehigh Portland Cement Co. v. OrnsteinDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1971
- Leszynski v. RussDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1961
- Stroo v. FarmerDistrict Court, S.D. Mississippi · 1961
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