Legal Opinion
Tignor v. L. G. Balfour & Co.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided September 11, 1936PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHudgins, J.
H. G. Tignor brought an action in the Law and Equity Court of the city of Richmond to recover a personal judgment against L. G. Balfour & Company, a corporation chartered under the laws of the State of Massachusetts, and not domesticated in Virginia. Process was served upon an alleged agent. The non-resident corporation made a special appearance, and filed a plea in abatement; to this plea plaintiff filed his replication. A jury was sworn to try the issue thus joined. Subsequently the parties agreed to submit the issue to the court. The trial judge found that L. G. Balfour & Company was not,…
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