Henderson v. Northwest Airlines, Inc.

Matson, Justice.

Appeal from an order denying a motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction an action against defendant Glenn L. Martin Company (herein called Martin) and defendant Northwest Airlines, Inc. (herein called Northwest) as garnishee.

Plaintiff brought an action against Martin and Northwest for damages for negligently causing decedent’s death in an airplane crash. Martin is a foreign corporation over which no jurisdiction has been acquired unless the garnishment proceedings instituted by plaintiff disclosed that it had property within this state. Two separate garnishments, one on July…