Legal Opinion
Smith v. Ford Gum & MacHine Co., Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 6, 1954No. 14692_1PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLMES, Circuit Judge.
Overruling the motion to dismiss this appeal, 1 we proceed to the merits of the jurisdictional question that was decided by the district court. This is an action for damages for breach of contract, which action was filed in the court below and wherein federal jurisdiction was predicated solely upon diversity of citizenship. The amount involved exceeds $3000, exclusive of interest and costs. The court below dismissed the action as to the corporate defendant because it was not, at the time of the purported service of process upon it, doing business in Georgia within the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Steinway v. Majestic Amusement Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1950
- Wilson v. Southern Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1945
- Redwine v. Dan River Mills, Inc.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1950
- Suttles v. Owens-Illinois Glass Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1950
- Redwine v. United States Tobacco Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1953
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Jose R. E. Martinez v. Elliot L. Richardson, Individually and as the Secretary of the United States Department of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1973
- Wright MacHine Corp. v. Seaman-Andwall Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- Loucke v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1957
- Lamex, Inc. v. Sterling Extruder Corp.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1964
- Delray Beach Aviation Corp. v. Mooney Aircraft, Inc.District Court, W.D. Texas · 1963
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