Joseph Walker & Sons v. Lehigh Coal & Navigation Co.

Defendant, a Pennsylvania corporation, appears specially herein and moves to vacate and set aside the service of the summons upon the ground that there is no jurisdiction over said defendant. The question for determination is whether the said defendant is engaged in business within this State, which, in turn, depends upon the activities of the defendant and whether such activities can be construed as actually doing business.

Plaintiff contends that it must be held that defendant is doing business here sufficient for the purposes of jurisdiction because (1) defendant has a transfer agent at the…