Legal Opinion
Benware v. Acme Chemical Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided November 18, 1954PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Bergan, J. P.
The question presented is whether jurisdiction has been acquired over defendant Acme Chemical Company, Inc., a foreign corporation, by service in New York. We are concerned first of all with the extent to which Acme was in New York at the time of service. It had no office, no bank account, and no property in the State; but it retained continuously in New York six full-time sales representatives who had territories in various parts of the State.
By the regular maintenance of such sales organization of this magnitude and dimension operating persistently and on full time and under…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Gursky v. . BlairNew York Court of Appeals · 1916
- Swift v. Matthews Engineering Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1917
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