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GREAT AMERICAN INS. CO. v. LOUIS LESSER ENTERPRISES, INC.

No. 18049.

353 F.2d 1009 (1965)

GREAT AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY, a Corporation, Appellant, v. LOUIS LESSER ENTERPRISES, INC., a Corporation, and D & L Construction Company, a Corporation, and Ft. Leonard Wood C-9 Housing, Inc., a Corporation, and Ft. Leonard Wood C-10 Housing, Inc., a Corporation, and Continental Casualty Company, a Corporation, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

December 16, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard A. Reinert, of Kenney, Reinert & Hespen, St. Louis, Mo., made argument for appellant and filed brief with Francis L. Kenney, Jr. of Kenney, Reinert & Hespen, St. Louis, Mo.

Harvey L. Zuckman, Atty. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C. made argument for appellees Fort Leonard Wood C-9 and C-10 Housing, Inc. and filed brief with John W. Douglas, Asst. Atty. Gen., and David L. Rose, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., and F. Russell Millin, U. S. Atty., Kansas City, Mo.

John A. Biersmith, of Rafter, Biersmith & Walsh, Kansas City, Mo., made argument for appellees Louis Lesser Enterprises, Inc., D & L Const. Co. & Continental Cas. Co. and filed brief with Charles J. Fraas, Jr., of Rafter, Biersmith & Walsh, Kansas City, Mo.

Before VAN OOSTERHOUT, MATTHES and MEHAFFY, Circuit Judges.

MATTHES, Circuit Judge.

In this appeal, the dispositive question is whether the district court erred in finding that service of process was insufficient to confer personal jurisdiction over the defendants. Great American Insurance Company (appellant) commenced this action in the Circuit Court of Pulaski County, Missouri, against Louis Lesser Enterprises, Inc. (Lesser); D & L Construction Company (D & L); Ft. Leonard Wood C-9 Housing, Inc. (C-9); Ft. Leonard...

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