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Process-Obtaining Personal Jurisdiction Over Foreign Corporation By Service Of Process On Local Sales Agent, F. William Hutchinson S.Ed.
Process-Obtaining Personal Jurisdiction Over Foreign Corporation By Service Of Process On Local Sales Agent, F. William Hutchinson S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
Defendant, a Texas manufacturing corporation, employed a corporate agent to solicit orders in New York. The agent maintained a showroom, used defendant's name on its office door and stationery, and paid all the expenses of the New York business out of sales commissions. All orders were subject, to acceptance by the defendant and were filled from Texas. In an action for trade-mark infringement brought in the New York state court and removed to the federal district court, service of summons and complaint was made upon the manager of the New York agency. The district court quashed the service and dismissed …