Legal Opinion
Chipman, Ltd. v. Thomas B. Jeffery Co.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided August 13, 1919PublishedCited by 1 opinion
Action by Chipman Limited, against the Thomas B. Jeffery Company. On motion by defendant to set aside service of summons.
1Opinion of the Court
AUGUSTUS N. HAND, District Judge.
The defendant moves to set aside the service of the summons in this action upon the ground that the defendant is a foreign corporation organized under the laws of the state of Wisconsin, and since August, 1916, has transacted no business in the state of New York, and had no office or place of business therein.
It appears that in August, 1916, the defendant sold all its property to the Nash Motors Company, a Maryland corporation, and thereupon discontinued business. Prior to that time it had been engaged in business in tfie state of New York, and in 1914…
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