Mooney v. Buford & George Manuf'g Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of tlie United States for the District of Indiana. This is an action of attachment and garnishment, commenced in the superior court of Marion county, and transferred thence to the court below upon the petition of the Buford Manufacturing Company, the alleged debtor in the case. The plaintiffs in error, who brought the action, are residents and citizens of Indiana, doing business under the firm name of W. W. Mooney & Sons.
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In Error to the Circuit Court of tlie United States for the District of Indiana. This is an action of attachment and garnishment, commenced in the superior court of Marion county, and transferred thence to the court below upon the petition of the Buford Manufacturing Company, the alleged debtor in the case. The plaintiffs in error, who brought the action, are residents and citizens of Indiana, doing business under the firm name of W. W. Mooney & Sons. They alleged, as their cause of action, a contract liability of the Buford & George Manufacturing Company, a corporation of Missouri, located…
1Opinion of the CourtWoods, Circuit Judge
The first inquiry, in logical order, is whether, upon its obligation incurred in Missouri, the defendant in garnishment was suable in any form of action in Indiana. It is contended by the defendants in error that the statutes of Indiana authorize suits against foreign corporations, including insurance companies, only upon obligations arising out of business authorized to be done, and done, in that state; and, for support of the proposition, reference is made to Insurance Co. v. Black, 80 Ind. 513; Finch v. Insurance Co., 87 Ind. 302; and Rehm v. Saving Inst., 125 Ind. 135, 25 1ST. E. 173. The…
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