DONALD MANTER CO., INC. v. DAVIS

No. 76-1324.

543 F.2d 419 (1976)

DONALD MANTER COMPANY, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Richard E. DAVIS et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided November 2, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Carroll, Manchester, N. H., with whom Eaton, Moody, Solms & Carroll, Manchester, N. H., was on brief, for appellant.

David L. Cleary, Barre, Vt., with whom Richard E. Davis Associates, Inc., Barre, Vt., was on brief, for appellee.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, ALDRICH and CAMPBELL, Circuit Judges.


ALDRICH, Senior Circuit Judge.

We are asked in this case to rule that a familiar principle of in personam jurisdiction is no longer law. We decline to do so.

According to the complaint, defendant-appellee Davis, and one Sanguinetti, Vermont citizens and residents, formed a partnership, which entered into a contract with plaintiff-appellant, Donald Manter Company, Inc., a New Hampshire corporation, to be performed in Vermont, but failed to perform. When...

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