Rakauskas v. Erie R.
District Court, E.D. New York
At Law., Action by Konstant Rakauskas against the Erie Railroad Company. On motion to declare void an attempted service of summons.
1Opinion of the Court
CHATFIELD, District Judge.
[1] The motion to declare void an attempted service of summons in the Southern district of New York should be granted, on the ground that this court has no jurisdiction to go beyond the territorial limits of the district, to administer justice in an alleged cause of action against a party who is not a resident of the district, unless jurisdiction has been extended thereto by the authority of Congress. Sewchulis v. Lehigh Valley Coal Co., 233 Fed. 422, -C. C. A.-.
[2] As was held in the case of U. S. v. Mitchell (D. C.) 223 Fed. 805, service of process in an action at…
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