Legal Opinion
Jackson v. Waters-Pierce Oil Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided February 8, 1915No. 20086PublishedCited by 1 opinion
Appeal from Fifteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Calcasieu; Winston Over-ton, Judge. Action by Harrison Jackson against the Waters-Pierce Oil Co. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtProvo Sty, J.
The defendant is a Missouri corporation, there domiciled. It does *765business in this state through a manager, for the entire state, located at Shreveport, and through local agents appointed by the state manager, at various points, among these, Lake Charles, where this suit arose. Its business in this state consists in “selling petroleum and its products in the finished state, handling no crude or raw material.”
The citation, duly addressed to the defendant, was served as shown by the following sheriff’s return:
“I served said copies on the within named defendant, Waters-Pierce Oil Company,…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Welch v. New Orleans Great Northern R.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1911
- Curtis v. JordanSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1905
- State v. Chicago, R. I. & P. Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1913
- State v. DudleySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1909
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