Legal Opinion
Frye v. Batavia (N. Y.) Veterans Administration Employees Federal Credit Union No. 189, Inc.
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided May 28, 1943No. Civ. A. No. 19213PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EICHER, Chief Justice.
Title 13, Sec. 103 of the 1940 D.C.Code provides that “when a foreign corporation shall transact business in the District without having any place of business or resident agent therein, service upon any officer or agent or employee of such corporation in the District shall be effectual as to suits growing out of * * * any tort committed in the said District.”
Our Court of Appeals has never ruled on the question of whether a single, isolated transaction constitutes “transacting business” in the District. However, in Frene v. Louisville Cement Co., 77 U.S. App.D.C. 129, 134…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Frene v. Louisville Cement Co.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1943
- Alpena Portland Cement Co. v. Jenkins & Reynolds Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1910
- Gen. Conference of Free Baptists v. BerkeyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1909
- Hunter W. Finch & Co. v. Zenith Furnace Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1910
- State ex rel. Hart-Parr Co. v. Robb-Lawrence Co.North Dakota Supreme Court · 1906
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3Cited by4 opinions
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- Bohemia Lumber Co. v. Eimco Corp.District Court, D. Oregon · 1963
- Camp v. CampDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1960
- Mary J. Randall v. Richard B. RandallCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1960