Legal Opinion
Goepfert v. Compagnie Generale Transatlantique
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Pennsylvania
Decided October 11, 1907No. 82PublishedCited by 6 opinions
On Rule to Set Aside Service of Summons.
1Opinion of the Court
J. B. McPHERSON, District Judge.
This suit was originally brought in the court of common pleas of Philadelphia county, and in due season was removed to the Circuit Court. The writ of summons was served by the sheriff of the county, and it is his service that I am now asked to set aside. The return is as follows:
“Served the Compagnie General© Transatlantique, a foreign corporation, by serving Raymond, Whitcomb & Company, Ine., agents of the said Compagnie Generate Transatlantique, a foreign corporation, by banding 7 — 27—1900 a true and attested copy of the within writ to Charles g. Knowlton,…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Green v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1907
- St. Clair v. CoxSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
- De Lima v. BidwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1901
- Goldey v. Morning NewsSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Conley v. Mathieson Alkali WorksSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Kenny v. Alaska Airlines, Inc.District Court, S.D. California · 1955
- Maxfield v. Canadian Pac. Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1934
- Fiorella v. Baltimore & O. R.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1950
- Graustein v. Rutland R.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1919
- Archer-Daniels Linseed Co. v. Blue Ridge DespatchSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1911
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