Nelson v. West Coast Grocery Co.

Citations

• 5 Alaska 59

Syllabus

<p>Corporations &wkey;»668(Y)—Process—Nonresident Corporations.</p> <p>Service of summons in this case was made on C. H. Hyde, the president of the corporation, both nonresident; but, Hyde being on a pleasure trip in Alaska when served, defendant moved to quash the service. The affidavit of plaintiff’s attorney shows (and ' no denial was made) that the defendant company has an agency and an office for the sale of its goods in Juneau, from which agency and office it sells and has sold for many years merchandise through Alaska in large amounts; that it has maintained said office continuously for several years, and that it has sued and been sued in the courts of Alaska; that Hyde was in Alaska, when served with process, as a voluntary visitor, and was not compelled by any process of any court in Alaska or elsewhere to be present in said territory. Held, the defendant corporation was engaged in “doing business” in Alaska, the motion to quash the service denied, and service sustained.</p> <p><gs»See same topic & KEY-NUMBER, in all Key-Numbered Digests & Indexes</p>