Craig v. Welch Motor Car Co.

Citations

• 165 F. 554
• 1908 U.S. App. LEXIS 5410

Syllabus

<p>Corporations (§ 668*) — Foreign Corporations — Actions Against — Jurisdiction.</p> <p>Under the rule of the federal courts, service of summons in New York on a director of a corporation of another state temporarily in New York on private business, or in connection with a single transaction of the corporation in that state, does not give a court jurisdiction in a personal action against the corporation, where it has never done business in New York, and has no office, agent, or property there.</p> <p>[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Corporations, Cent. Dig. § 2613; Dec. Dig. § 668.*</p> <p>Service of process on foreign corporations, see notes to Eldred v. American Palace Car Co., 45 C. C. A. 3; Celia Commission Co. v. Bohlinger, 78 C. C. A. 473.]</p>