Middough v. St. Joseph & Denver City Railroad
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from the Buohanan Court of Common Pleas. When a foreign corporation has located here — does business her — and suit is brought and service obtained here, and it appears and answers to the petition, it is within the jurisdiction of the court.
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Appeal from the Buohanan Court of Common Pleas. When a foreign corporation has located here — does business her — and suit is brought and service obtained here, and it appears and answers to the petition, it is within the jurisdiction of the court. (Farnsworth vs. Terre Haute, Alton and St. Lonis Railroad Company, 29 Mo., Y5.) The cause of action set out in plaintiffs petition accrued in this State, the business of the defendant was done in this State and county, and is so shown by the petition, and service was obtained in this comity. When demurrer is overruled and the defendant answers upon…
1Opinion of the CourtWagner, Judge
The court below dismissed the petition in this case, and the only question presented for decision is whether it had jurisdiction over the defendant.
The action was brought against the defendant a foreign corporation, incorporated by.the laws of the State of Kansas, and it was not alleged nor was it any where shown or pretended, that it had its chief office or place of business in this State. The construction placed upon our statute has been uniform. If the chief office or place of business is within this State as designated by the statute, then the foreign corporation is regarded as a domestic…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- City of St. Louis v. Wiggins Ferry Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1867
- Farnsworth v. Terre-Haute, Alton & St. Louis RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1859
- Collins v. ToddSupreme Court of Missouri · 1853
3Cited by9 opinions
- State ex rel. Pacific Mutual Life Insurance v. GrimmSupreme Court of Missouri · 1912
- Gold Issue Mining & Milling Co. v. Pennsylvania Fire InsuranceSupreme Court of Missouri · 1916
- McNichol v. United States Mercantile Reporting AgencySupreme Court of Missouri · 1881
- State ex rel. Standard Fire Insurance v. GanttSupreme Court of Missouri · 1918
- State v. TustinMissouri Court of Appeals · 1959
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