Wooster v. Trimont Manufacturing Co.

[1] Action to recover $7200 commission due plaintiffs for selling defendant's products in Missouri and elsewhere. Defendant[412] is a Massachusetts corporation and not licensed to do business in Missouri, but its president was served with process in St. Louis, under Sec. 880, R.S. 1939, Mo. R.S.A., Sec. 880. Defendant contended that the service was not sufficient to authorize the court to render a personal judgment against it and, limiting appearance, filed motion (in effect to quash service) to dismiss the cause. See Sec. 61, Laws 1943, p. 374, Mo. R.S.A., 847.61. The motion was sustained…