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Philadelphia & Reading Railway Co. v. McKibbin

243 U.S. 264 (1917)
JurisdictionUnited States
CourtSupreme Court of the United States
Year1917
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

A foreign corporation is amenable to process to enforce a personal liability, absent consent, only if it is doing business in the State to such extent as to warrant the inference that it is present there, and process is served on an authorized agent.

Area of Law

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