Vicksburg S. & P. R. v. Forcheimer
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Warren county. HoN. E. L. BejeN, Judge. Suit by Mrs. Fannie Forcheimer against the Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific Eailroad Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
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Appeal from the circuit court of Warren county. HoN. E. L. BejeN, Judge. Suit by Mrs. Fannie Forcheimer against the Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific Eailroad Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. This suit was begun by declaration in the circuit court of Warren county, Miss.,, against the defendant, a Louisiana corporation, with an office and agent at Vicksburg, Warren county, Miss., and doing an interstate business only between Vicksburg, Miss., and points in the state of Louisiana. Let it be observed in the outset that if the circuit court of Warren county were without…
1Opinion of the CourtStuyeNS, J.
The only point relied upon by appellant is the contention that the circuit court of Warren county had no jurisdiction of this suit, and that the assumption of jurisdiction by the trial court was a denial to appellant of due process of law, contrary to the Fourteenth Amendment to the federal Constitution. The question was raised by special pleas, charging that the plaintiff in the declaration was a resident citizen of the state of Illinois; that the defendant, appellant, here, was a corporation created by the laws of Louisiana; and that the defendant had not entered the state of Mississippi…
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