Howard v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Hearing on an appeal by the plaintiffs from a judgment on a verdict directed by the court in an action to recover damages for personal injuries. The Court in its opinion stated the case as follows: William Howard and Laura P. .Howard, his wife, began this suit in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, on November 12, 1887, to recover damages for injuries sustained by the said Laura.
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Hearing on an appeal by the plaintiffs from a judgment on a verdict directed by the court in an action to recover damages for personal injuries. The Court in its opinion stated the case as follows: William Howard and Laura P. .Howard, his wife, began this suit in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, on November 12, 1887, to recover damages for injuries sustained by the said Laura. The declaration alleged that defendant, from and after November 16, 1886, operated a line of railway as a common carrier for hire, between Louisville, Ky., and Washington, D. C.; that defendant, for the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shepard
The judgment appealed from can not be sustained upon the ground that the court below had no jurisdiction over the defendant, because it was a foreign corporation. The marshal’s return of service upon C. EL Chapin, agent of the defendant in the District of Columbia, follows the statute providing for the service of process upon foreign corporations (R. S. D. C., Sec. 790), and makes a prima jade case of “doing business in the District” as well as of the agency of the party so served. The defendant’s pleas raised the only points in respect of the jurisdiction of the court that could operate in a…
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