A. J. Phillips Co. v. Grand Trunk Western Ry. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Tn Error to the Circuit Court of the United' States for the Eastern District of Michigan. Action by the A. j. Phillips Company against the Grand Trunk Western Railway Company and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff brings error. This action was brought by the Phillips Company to recover damages alleged to have been sustained through excessive freight charges exacted by defendants.
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Tn Error to the Circuit Court of the United' States for the Eastern District of Michigan. Action by the A. j. Phillips Company against the Grand Trunk Western Railway Company and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff brings error. This action was brought by the Phillips Company to recover damages alleged to have been sustained through excessive freight charges exacted by defendants. Ever since April, 1908, plaintiff lias been engaged in the business of buying lumber, and manufacturing door and window screens and other articles of commerce at Fenton, Mich. Defendants are interstate…
1Opinion of the CourtWarrington, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). The contention of plaintiff is that two questions are involved—one of jurisdiction and the other upon the merits of the action; while the contention of defendants is that the only question arising is that of jurisdiction. The ultimate theory of defendants is (a) that as to all the companies the issues concern only the jurisdiction of the Circuit Court as a federal court; and (b) that since the Illinois Central is a foreign corporation having no line of road or station in Michigan the additional point arises whether Sweat is an agent upon whom service of…
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