Philadelphia & Reading Railway Co. v. McKibbin
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brandeis
A foreign corporation is amenable to process to enforce a personal liability, in the absence of consent, only if it is doing business within the State in such manner and to such extent as to warrant the inference that it is present there. And even if it is doing business within the State the process will be valid only if served upon some authorized agent. St. Louis Southwestern Ry. Co. v. Alexander, 227 U. S. 218, 226. Whether the corporation was doing business within the State and whether the person served was an authorizied agent are questions vital to the jurisdiction of the court. A…
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