Spratley v. Louisiana & Arkansas Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Miller Circuit Court; Joel D. Conway, Judge; statement by the court. G. T. Spratley brought suit on January 2, 1903, before W. J. Smithers, a justice of the peace for Garland Township, Miller County, Arkansas, against the defendant, the Louisiana & Arkansas Railway Company, alleging a certain sum to be due him by the defendant for wages.
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Appeal from Miller Circuit Court; Joel D. Conway, Judge; statement by the court. G. T. Spratley brought suit on January 2, 1903, before W. J. Smithers, a justice of the peace for Garland Township, Miller County, Arkansas, against the defendant, the Louisiana & Arkansas Railway Company, alleging a certain sum to be due him by the defendant for wages. Service of summons was attempted to be had by delivering a copy thereof to the auditor of said railway in Texarkana, Miller County, Arkansas. It is admitted that the domicil and principal office and place of business of the Louisiana & Arkansas…
1Opinion of the Court
Wood, J.,
(after stating the facts.) Appellee had the cause dismissed under section 6067, Kirby’s Digest, which provides that “an action, other than those mentioned in sections 6060, 6061, against a corporation created by the laws of this State may be brought in the county in which it is situated or has its principal office or place of business, or in which its chief officer resides.”
For the purpose of service under this statute, a corporation is situated where it “has its principal office or place of business.” It can be served there, or in the county “in which its chief officer resides,” but…
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