Slaughter v. Canadian Pacific Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
■ Action begun before a justice of the peace to recover wages alleged to have been earned while acting as sleeping car porter. The defendant appeared specially and moved to set aside the service of the summons on the ground that the person on whom the attempted service was made was not its agent.
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■ Action begun before a justice of the peace to recover wages alleged to have been earned while acting as sleeping car porter. The defendant appeared specially and moved to set aside the service of the summons on the ground that the person on whom the attempted service was made was not its agent. The motion was denied, and from the judgment entered by the justice, defendant appealed to the municipal court of St. Paul upon questions of law alone, where the judgment of the justice was affirmed. From an order of the municipal court denying a new trial, Hanft, J.,' defendant appealed. In Hillary…
1Opinion of the CourtLewis, J.
Respondent commenced this action in the justice court, and caused the summons to be served upon PI. M. Eewis, who claimed to be the ticket agent of appellant company at the city of St. Paul. Appellant appeared specially and moved to set aside the attempted service upon the ground that Eewis was not the agent of appellant.
In support of the motion three affidavits were read: One by E. Pennington, vice president and general manager of the Minneapolis, *266St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway Company, to the effect that appellant company neither owns nor operates any railway within the state of…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Wold v. J. B. Colt Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1907
- North Wisconsin Cattle Co. v. Oregon Short Line RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1908
- Hillary v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1896
3Cited by4 opinions
- Kunz v. LowdenCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1942
- State v. Canadian Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1926
- United States Fire Insurance v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1948
- Gladstone Equity Exchange Co. v. HinesNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1921