BOARD OF TRADE v. HAMMOND ELEVATOR CO.

No. 215.

198 U.S. 424 (1905)

BOARD OF TRADE OF CITY OF CHICAGO v. HAMMOND ELEVATOR COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 29, 1905.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Henry S. Robbins for appellant.

Mr. Lloyd Charles Whitman, with whom Mr. Jacob J. Kern and Mr. John A. Brown were on the brief, for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE BROWN, after making the foregoing statement, delivered the opinion of the court.

The Circuit Court dismissed this appeal upon the ground that it had never acquired jurisdiction over the Hammond Elevator Company by the service of process upon Albert M. Babb and the members of the firm of Battle & Dickes, because they were not officers of the Elevator Company, which was a Delaware corporation, and had its principal...

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