NATIONAL RENTAL v. SZUKHENT

No. 81.

375 U.S. 311 (1964)

NATIONAL EQUIPMENT RENTAL, LTD., v. SZUKHENT ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 6, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wilbur G. Silverman argued the cause and filed a brief for petitioner.

Harry R. Schwartz argued the cause and filed a brief for respondents.

David Hartfield, Jr., Allen F. Maulsby, Benjamin C. Milner III, Merrell E. Clark, Jr. and Henry L. King filed a brief for the Bankers Trust Co. et al., as amici curiae, urging reversal.


MR. JUSTICE STEWART delivered the opinion of the Court.

The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure provide that service of process upon an individual may be made "by delivering a copy of the summons and of the complaint to an agent authorized by appointment . . . to receive service of process."1 The petitioner is a corporation with its principal place of business in New York. It sued the respondents...

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