AUSTAD v. UNITED STATES STEEL CORP.

Nos. 34967, 35080.

141 F.Supp. 437 (1956)

Johnny R. AUSTAD, doing business as Austad Steel & Construction Company, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION et al., Defendants. INDEPENDENT IRON WORKS, Inc., a corporation, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION et al., Defendants.

United States District Court N. D. California, S. D.

May 24, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hildebrand, Bills & McLeod, Oakland, Cal., for plaintiffs.

McCutchen, Thomas, Matthews & Greene, San Francisco, Cal., for defendant United States Steel Corporation.


EDWARD P. MURPHY, District Judge.

These are motions by defendant Inland Steel Company to quash purported service of summons, and to dismiss for lack of venue and jurisdiction in the above companion cases.

The Motion To Quash Purported Service Of Summons

Fed.R.Civ.P. 4(d) (3), 28 U.S.C., provides that service on a foreign corporation may be made on

"* * * an officer, a managing or general agent, or to any other agent authorized by appointment...

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