· 5/16/1892
Shaw v. Quincy Mining Co.
Citations
- 145 U.S. 444
- 12 S. Ct. 935
- 36 L. Ed. 768
- 1892 U.S. LEXIS 2154
Syllabus
<p>Under the act of March 3, 1887, c. 373, § 1, as corrected by the act- of August 13, 1888, c. 866, a corporation, incorporated in one State only, cannot be compelled to answer, in a Circuit Court of the United States held in another State, in which it has a usual place of business, to a civil suit, at law or in equity, brought by a citizen of a different State.</p>
Judges: Gray, Harlan-Dissented
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