State ex rel. Eau Claire Dells Improvement Co. v. District Court
Supreme Court of Minnesota
James Mclntire and others, partners in business in the •state of Wisconsin, filed their complaint in the district court for Eamsey county against the Eau Claire Dells Improvement ■Company, a Wisconsin corporation, having no agent or place ■of business in this state. The action was upon contracts made and to be executed in Wisconsin.
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James Mclntire and others, partners in business in the •state of Wisconsin, filed their complaint in the district court for Eamsey county against the Eau Claire Dells Improvement ■Company, a Wisconsin corporation, having no agent or place ■of business in this state. The action was upon contracts made and to be executed in Wisconsin. A summons was .issued and was served by the sheriff of Eamsey county at the city of St. Paul, in that county, by delivering a copy thereof to the president of the company, who was then within thi3 .state, not on any business of the company, but for his own…
1Opinion of the Court
■ Gileillan, C. J.
The question sought to be raised in this: proceeding is, can the courts of this state acquire jurisdiction: over the person of a corporation created under the laws of another state, where the cause of action arose out of this state, and the corporation has no property therein, and never transacted any business, nor had any office, or agency, or: officer, or agent therein, and the only ground for asserting such jurisdiction is that the summons was served within the. state upon an officer of the corporation, who was in the state, not upon any business, nor by any authority of…
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- Guernsey v. American InsuranceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1868
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