Olson v. Buffalo Hump Min. Co.

Citations

• 130 F. 1017
• 1904 U.S. App. LEXIS 4869

Syllabus

<p>1. Transitory Actions — Jurisdiction.</p> <p>An action for personal injuries to a servant Is transitory, and may be prosecuted, in any jurisdiction in which judicial process may be lawfully served on the defendant.</p> <p>2. Corporations — Domicile.</p> <p>A corporation organized under the laws of a particular state has its legal home and domicile within such state.</p> <p>B. Same — Foreign Corporations — Actions—Service of Process — Agents.</p> <p>Pierce’s Code Wash. § 7216, prescribing the conditions under which a foreign corporation may do business within the state, requires it to have a resident agent authorized to accept service of process in any action or suit pertaining to the property, business, or transactions of such corporation within the state of Washington in which such corporation may be a party. The statute also requires the corporation to keep continually some resident agent empowered as aforesaid, and declares that service of process on him shall constitute service on the corporation. Held, that such statute only authorizes service on the agent of a foreign corporation in actions arising within the state, and does not justify such service in a transitory action by a servant for personal injuries occurring in another state.</p> <p>H 3. Service of process on foreign corporations, see note to Eldred v. American Palace Oar Co., 45 O. O. A. 3,</p>