Tyson v. Publishers Co.

GRIM, District Judge.

Defendant, a nonregistered foreign corporation, has moved to dismiss this diversity action for breach of contract or in the alternative to quash the return and service of summons.

Plaintiff, a Pennsylvania resident, brought this suit against a Maryland publishing corporation alleging that the corporation retained him “as a finder to obtain and develop the participation of stockbrokers to further and advance the sale of stock of the * * * corporation.” Plaintiff further alleged that he obtained the cooperation of various brokers in the City of Philadelphia and arranged a…