Siro v. American Express Co.

Upon the facts found, the court below reached the conclusion that the conduct of the plaintiff “constituted an improper scheme or device for obtaining jurisdiction over the defendant,” and that “this device was an abuse of process.” For that reason it sustained the plea to the jurisdiction.

It is the law of this State that in a civil case the court will not exercise a jurisdiction which rests upon a service of process on a defendant who has been decoyed, enticed or induced to come within its reach by any false representation, deceitful contrivance or wrongful device for which the plaintiff is…