Rudd v. McClean Arms & Ordnance Co.

That there is a lack of harmony in the Federal courts as to what constitutes a valid service upon a foreign corporation is doubtless true, but it seems to me that the trend of the more recent decisions is to the effect that where the officer served is the general manager of a corporation, and as such manager is in attendance in the State where service is made on the business of the corporation, no matter to what extent that business may be, service upon the manager would confer jurisdiction. Brush Creek Coal, etc., Co. v. Morgan Elec. Co., 136 Fed. Rep. 505, 507. To my mind the reasoning in…