Express Co. v. Ware
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Circuit Court for the District of Nebraska; the case being thus: - The Code of Nebraska bars actions upon contract in five-years. The defendant’s absence from the State is not, however, to be computed.
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Error to the Circuit Court for the District of Nebraska; the case being thus: - The Code of Nebraska bars actions upon contract in five-years. The defendant’s absence from the State is not, however, to be computed. But in tbe ease of a foreign corpora- ■ tion, if it-has a managing agent in tbe State, service of' the writ may be made upon such managing agent;* These provisions of the code being in force, Ware delivered, on the 29th of September, 1864, and during the late’ rebellion,'to the United States Express Company a quantity of gold, to be carried by it. from Nebraska City ,to New York.…
1Opinion of the Court
The CHIEF JUSTICE
delivered the opinion of the court.
We see no error in the charge, and cannot examine the evidence to ascertain whether the jury was justified in finding as it did upon the issues of fact.
Judgment affirmed.
2Cited by1 opinion
- Express Company v. WareSupreme Court of the United States · 1875