Board of Trade v. Hammond Elevator Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS. This is an appeal directly to this court from a decree of the Circuit Court dismissing for want of jurisdiction a bill filed by the Board of Trade of the City of Chicago, an Illinois corporation, against the Hammond Elevator Company, a Delaware corporation, and a citizen of that State.
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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS. This is an appeal directly to this court from a decree of the Circuit Court dismissing for want of jurisdiction a bill filed by the Board of Trade of the City of Chicago, an Illinois corporation, against the Hammond Elevator Company, a Delaware corporation, and a citizen of that State. The basis of the bill was that the appellant had a property right in the quotation of prices in transactions made within its exchange; that the .defendant had entered into a conspiracy with others to steal, and was using…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brown
The Circuit Court dismissed this appeal upon the ground that it had never acquired jurisdiction over the Hammond Elevator Company by the service of process upon Albert M. Babb and the members of the firm of Battle & Dickes, because they 'were not officers of the. Elevator Company, which was a Delaware corporation, und had its principal place of business in the State of Indiana.
1. There is, however, a preliminary-question in this court,, that is, whether we can lawfully entertain this appeal under section 5 of the act of March 3, 1891, which provides that an appeal shall lie directly to this…
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