Legal Opinion
Atlas Van Lines v. Austin
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided November 19, 1945No. 320PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOOD, Associate Judge.
Atlas Van Lines, defendant in the action, below, moved to quash service of process. The following facts were developed at the hearing on the motion: Atlas Van Lines is the trade name under which George Edler operates out of Chicago as a mover of household goods and kindred commodities by motor truck; Edler does business in the District of Columbia and Leo Sorel, who trades under the name of Modern Way Movers, is Edler’s agent in the District; service of process against Atlas Van Lines was mad'e upon Sorel.
The trial court held (1) that Sorel was not authorized by Edler,…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Orange Theatre Corp. v. Rayherstz Amusement Corp.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1944
- Blank v. BitkerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1943
- Church v. ChurchCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1921
- Yeager v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1943
- Sansbury v. SchwartzDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1941
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3Cited by3 opinions
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