BIG VEIN COAL CO. v. READ

No. 501.

229 U.S. 31 (1913)

BIG VEIN COAL COMPANY OF WEST VIRGINIA v. READ.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 26, 1913.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Frank Gosnell and Mr. Wm. L. Rawls, with whom Mr. Geo. Weems Williams was on the brief, for defendant in error, in support of motion to dismiss.

Mr. Osborne I. Yellott for plaintiff in error in opposition thereto.


MR. JUSTICE DAY delivered the opinion of the court.

This case involves the jurisdiction of a Circuit Court of the United States to issue an order of attachment in a case where no personal service could be had upon the defendant and wherein there was no personal appearance to the action.

The case was begun in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of West Virginia to recover in debt upon certain...

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