SIMPKINS v. COUNCIL MANUFACTURING CORPORATION

No. 17519.

332 F.2d 733 (1964)

Joe SIMPKINS, d/b/a Joe Simpkins Equipment Leasing Company, et al., Appellants, v. COUNCIL MANUFACTURING CORPORATION, a Corporation, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

June 10, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin Schiff, Jr., of Husch, Eppenberger, Donohue, Elson & Cornfeld, St. Louis, Mo., Harold D. Carey of Hinkel & Carey, St. Louis, Mo., for appellant.

John J. Cole of Heneghan, Roberts & Cole, St. Louis, Mo., for appellee.

Before VAN OOSTERHOUT, RIDGE and MEHAFFY, Circuit Judges.


VAN OOSTERHOUT, Circuit Judge.

The troublesome question presented by this appeal is whether the defendant Council Manufacturing Corporation, an Arkansas corporation, not licensed in Missouri, had sufficient minimum contacts with Missouri so as to be "doing business" in Missouri and to be amenable to process in that state and whether defendant's corporate presence in Missouri was manifested by Littrell, the person upon whom service of process was attempted. Such issues...

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