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Worthington v. London Guarantee & Accident Co.

58 N.Y.S. 1088 Court N.Y. App. Term Decision date 1899-06-28 English

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WORTHINGTON v. LONDON GUARANTEE & ACCIDENT CO.
(Supreme Court, Appellate Term.
June 28, 1899.)

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Jurisdiction op Municipal Court—Action against Foreign Corporation. The municipal court of New York City has no jurisdiction of an action for the' recovery of money only against a foreign corporation.
Appeal from municipal court, borough of Manhattan, First district
Action by Amasa Worthington against the London Guarantee & Accident Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
Reversed.
Argued before FREEDMAN, P. J., and MacLEAN and LEVEN-TRITT, JJ.
Frederick Hulse, for appellant.
Robert L. Morell, for respondent.

The defendant being concededly a foreign corporation, the municipal court was without jurisdiction to try the cause, and the judgment must therefore be reversed. Rieser v. Parker, 27 Misc. Rep. 205 , 57 N. Y. Supp. 745 .

Judgment reversed, with costs to the appellant.

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