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Southeastern Distributing Co. v. Nordyke & Marmon Co.

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided October 17, 1924No. 4380PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtHines, J.

(After stating the foregoing facts.)

A corporation is not always present where its officers or *157agents may transact business in its .behalf under authority conferred by it. Reeves v. Southern Ry. Co., 121 Ga. 561 (49 S. E. 674, 70 L. R. A. 513, 2 Ann. Cas. 207). It is now well settled that it is essential to the legal rendition of a personal judgment against a foreign corporation, otherwise than by its voluntary appearance, that the corporation be doing business within the State. Vicksburg &c. Ry. v. DeBow, 148 Ga. 738 (98 S. E. 381); St. Louis S. W. Ry. v. Alexander, 227 U. S. 218 (33 Sup. Ct.…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. International Harvester Co. of America v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1914
  2. People's Tobacco Co. v. American Tobacco Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1918
  3. Philadelphia & Reading Railway Co. v. McKibbinSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
  4. St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. of Texas v. AlexanderSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
  5. Holzer v. . Dodge BrothersNew York Court of Appeals · 1922

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3Cited by24 opinions

  1. La Porte Heinekamp Motor Co. v. Ford Motor Co.District Court, D. Maryland · 1928
  2. Atlantic National Bank v. Hupp Motor Car Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
  3. Zimmers v. Dodge BrothersDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1927
  4. Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. MeredithSupreme Court of Georgia · 1942
  5. Louisiana State Rice Milling Co. v. Mente & Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1931

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