Victor Surpitski v. Hughes-Keenan Corporation, Etc.

OPINION OF THE COURT.

The sole question to which we will address ourselves in this case is one of practice — how quickly may the whistle be sounded on a plaintiff who is seeking to show that a foreign defendant is subject to service within the jurisdiction. Plaintiff’s complaint was filed on August 31, 1965 and served the same day on the Massachusetts Secretary of State as alleged agent for defendant United States Air Conditioning Corp., hereafter Air, and Aerial-Lift Repair, Inc., hereafter Aerial. 1 Air is a Delaware corporation, with its principal place of business in Ohio. Aerial is of…