PHILA. & READING RY. CO. v. McKIBBIN

No. 136.

243 U.S. 264 (1917)

PHILADELPHIA & READING RAILWAY COMPANY v. McKIBBIN.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 6, 1917.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Pierre M. Brown for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Joseph A. Shay, with whom Mr. L.B. McKelvey was on the briefs, for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the court.

A foreign corporation is amenable to process to enforce a personal liability, in the absence of consent, only if it is doing business within the State in such manner and to such extent as to warrant the inference that it is present there. And even if it is doing business within the State the process will be valid only if served upon some authorized agent. St. Louis Southwestern Ry. Co. v. Alexander...

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