Evans v. American Pub. Co.

Appellees have presented a very vigorous motion for rehearing, stressing especially the point that the questions certified necessarily involve a jurisdictional question, as contradistinguished from one of pure venue. They argue that, although the certificate disclaims the intention to present the question of jurisdiction, nevertheless the inquiry as to venue requires necessarily a determination of the jurisdictional nature of the statutory requirement as to place of suit. If this contention be true, and it appears logical, then we have necessarily held that the statute of place is not one of…