Hellman v. Ladd

This is an appeal from an order quashing and setting aside service of process and dismissing a bill of complaint as to defendant Winkenweder & Ladd, Inc., an Illinois corporation.

Defendant Superior Piston Ring Company, a Michigan corporation organized in 1920, manufactures piston rings. In 1938 it entered into a sales contract with Winkenweder & Ladd, Inc. In this contract, Winkenweder was granted the exclusive right to sell the entire output of Superior on a commission basis. Following the outbreak of the war, practically all of Superior’s output was sold by Winkenweder to the Studebaker…