Bruce v. State Serum & Supply Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Balias District Court. — W. H. Fahey, Judge. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff, on the claim that plaintiff was damaged by the negligence of defendant, in furnishing him impure serum and virus for inoculation as a preventative of hog cholera. Defendant appeals. —
1Opinion of the CourtSalinger, J.
i venue • agency ire To1 dmy idlegation. — I. Since we cannot consider the merits of this appeal if appellant’s motion for change of place of trial or its motion to dismiss, or either of them, should have been sustained, we address ourselves first to these motions. We think the record shows, beyond question, that defendant company was a corporation having its habitat in Polk County, and that it was not suable in Dallas County unless it maintained an agency in that county which, under the statute, authorized the maintenance of suit against it therein. This position is not challenged by…
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