Legal Opinion
Robert M. Harris v. Deere and Company
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided June 13, 1955No. 6983PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Per curiam
This is an appeal from an order, D.C., 128 F.Supp. 799 quashing return of service of summons and dismissing for lack of jurisdiction an action to recover damages on account of injuries sustained by plaintiff when a tractor manufactured by the defendant overturned on him. Plaintiff is a resident of North Carolina and defendant a manufacturing corporation of the State of Illinois. Liability on the part of defendant was asserted because of alleged negligence in the design of the tractor, which had been purchased from a local dealer to whom it had been sold by the John Deere Plow Company, a…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Cannon Manufacturing Co. v. Cudahy Packing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1925
- National Carbide Corp. v. CommissionerSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- People's Tobacco Co. v. American Tobacco Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1918
- United States v. Scophony Corp. of AmericaSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
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3Cited by26 opinions
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- Doris Berkman v. Ann Lewis Shops, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1957
- Manville Boiler Company, Incorporated v. Columbia Boiler Company of Pottstown, Incorporated, and Columbia Boiler Company, IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1959
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