Bragdon v. Perkins-Campbell Co.

ACHESON, Circuit Judge.

This suit was begun in the court of common pleas No. 2 of Allegheny county. In the prae'cipe for th<> writ of summons and in the writ the defendant was described as “a foreign corporation doing business in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania.” The return of the sheriff was: “Served Jan’y 25th, 1897, by delivering a true and attested copy of this writ to J. W. Crider, agent for the Perkins-Campbell Company, and made known to him the contents thereof.” Thereupon the defendant presented to the court of common pleas a petition setting forth that it was a foreign corporation of…