Legal Opinion
Atlantic National Bank v. Hupp Motor Car Corp.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided September 16, 1937PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtQua, J.
The defendant Hupp Motor Car Corporation, a foreign corporation, hereinafter referred to as the defendant, pleads in abatement to the jurisdiction of the court on the grounds both that the officer’s return is insufficient on its face to establish service upon the defendant and that in fact no valid service was made.
One return upon the subpoena shows service upon the defendant on December 3, 1935, "in hand to A. D. Chantler, its District manager, and the person in charge of its business.” By G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 223, §§ 37, 38, service upon a foreign corporation which is permanently or…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Tauza v. . Susquehanna Coal Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1917
- International Harvester Co. of America v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- People's Tobacco Co. v. American Tobacco Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1918
- Philadelphia & Reading Railway Co. v. McKibbinSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
- St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. of Texas v. AlexanderSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Pulson v. American Rolling Mill Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1948
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- Thomas v. Hudson Sales Corp.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1954
- Bernhardt v. Atlantic Finance Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1942
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