Legal Opinion
James-Dickinson Farm Mortgage Co. v. Harry
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 10, 1927No. 40PublishedCited by 105 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice Brandéis
delivered the opinion of the Court.
This action was commenced in an Illinois1 court by Mrs. Harry, a citizen of that State, against Dickinson, a citizen of Texas, and James-Dickinson Farm Mortgage Company, a Missouri corporation. The defendants removed the case to the federal court on the ground of diversity of citizenship. Dickinson, who bad been served personally within Illinois, pleaded to the merits. The Company, upon whom service had been made by reading and delivering the summons to Dickinson, “ as its president/’ while he was temporarily in Illinois, challenged the…
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