WHITE v. CATERPILLAR TRACTOR

[No. 399, September Term, 1963.]

235 Md. 368 (1964)

201 A.2d 856

WHITE v. CATERPILLAR TRACTOR COMPANY

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided June 29, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel D. Hill, with whom were George W. White, Jr., and Buckmaster, White, Mindel and Clarke on the brief, for appellant.

Francis D. Murnaghan, Jr., with whom were Charles W. Gilchrist and Venable, Baetjer and Howard on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before HENDERSON, HAMMOND, HORNEY and MARBURY, JJ., and ANDERSON, J., Associate Judge of the Sixth Judicial Circuit, specially assigned.


HORNEY, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

The only question presented by this appeal is whether a foreign corporation was "doing business" in Maryland so as to be amenable to suit in this State under Code (1957), Art. 23, § 92(a).

On October 3, 1962, Henry P. White, the plaintiff-appellant, sued Alban Tractor Company (Alban or dealer), a Maryland corporation, and Caterpillar Tractor Company (Caterpillar or manufacturer), the appellee, alleging a...

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