Consolidated Radio Artists, Inc. v. Washington Section

On November 23, 1937, appellee filed suit in the District Court against appellant for breach of a contract to furnish to appellee, in the District of Columbia, the services of a certain orchestra at a dance. The summons was served upon Benjamin Kipnis, who was described in the Marshal’s return as agent of appellant. Appellant defaulted, and on January 12, 1938, judgment for $4,250 and costs was entered against it. On March 10, 1938, it appeared specially and moved to set aside the judgment on the grounds that it was a foreign corporation, doing no business in the District of Columbia; that…