Goldey v. Morning News
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. This was an action for a libel, claiming damages in the sum of $100,000, brought, in the Supreme Court of the State of New York for the county of Kings, by Catherine Goldey, a citizen of the State of New York, against The Morning News of New Haven, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Connecticut, and carrying on business in that State only, and having no…
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ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. This was an action for a libel, claiming damages in the sum of $100,000, brought, in the Supreme Court of the State of New York for the county of Kings, by Catherine Goldey, a citizen of the State of New York, against The Morning News of New Haven, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Connecticut, and carrying on business in that State only, and having no place of business, officer, agent or property in the State of New York. The action was commenced January 4, 1890, by…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice Gray,
after stating the case, delivered the-opinion of the court.
This writ of error presents the question whether, in a personal action against a corporation which neither is incorpo rated nor does business within the State, nor has any agent or property therein, service of the summons upon its president, temporarily within the jurisdiction, is sufficient service upon the corporation.
The defendant in error has interposed a preliminary objection that the judgment of the Circuit Court upon this question cannot be reviewed, because of the provision of the statutes, that there shall be…
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