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DAVIS v. FARMERS CO-OPERATIVE CO.

No. 270.

262 U.S. 312 (1923)

DAVIS, DIRECTOR GENERAL OF RAILROADS, AS AGENT, ETC. v. FARMERS CO-OPERATIVE EQUITY COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 21, 1923.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Gardiner Lathrop and Mr. Homer W. Davis, with whom Mr. Thomas F. Quinn and Mr. William T. Faricy were on the briefs, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Morton Barrows, with whom Mr. George H. Lamar, Mr. Frederick M. Miner and Mr. Walter W. Patterson were on the brief, for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the Court.

A statute of Minnesota (Laws 1913, c. 218, p. 274; General Statutes, 1913, § 7735) provides that:

"Any foreign corporation having an agent in this state for the solicitation of freight and passenger traffic or either thereof over its lines outside of this state, may be served with summons by delivering a copy thereof to such agent."

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