Hager v. New York Oil Co.
Decision Date | 11 July 1927 |
Docket Number | No. 6039.,6039. |
Parties | HAGER et al. v. NEW YORK OIL CO. et al. |
Court | U.S. District Court — Western District of Washington |
Geo. W. Korte and Hartman & Hartman, all of Seattle, Wash., and W. H. Abel, of Montesano, Wash., for plaintiffs.
John C. Hogan, of Aberdeen, Wash., and Roberts & Skeel, of Seattle, Wash., for defendants.
Plaintiffs move to remand the suit, which is one removed because of alleged diversity of citizenship. Plaintiffs also have answered the petition for removal, pleading in abatement that the time for petitioning for removal had expired before the filing of the petition. The motion to remand, and the trial of the issues raised by the answer and plea, were heard together.
The plaintiffs are citizens of the state of Washington. The defendant New York Oil & Gas Company, it is alleged in the complaint, is a corporation of the state of Washington, and the defendant New York Oil Company, the petition for removal alleges, is a corporation organized under the laws of the state of Wyoming.
The summons and complaint were served on December 30, 1926. On January 7, 1927, the defendants filed a motion to quash the service of the summons, on the ground that the individual served was not a person upon whom a valid service could be made, alleging that he was not an agent, cashier, or secretary of either of the defendant companies.
It appears from the transcript of the minutes of the clerk of the superior court that on February 25, 1927, the court at the conclusion of the trial announced the denial of the motion to quash; that its written order to the same effect, dated March 1, 1927, was filed March 4, 1927. On March 2, 1927, the New York Oil Company, in the Supreme Court of the state, secured an alternative writ of prohibition, commanding that the superior court refrain from any further proceeding in said action until the further order of the court; the ground alleged upon securing such writ being that such company was not doing business in the state of Washington, and that the service of the summons was invalid. On May 5, 1927, the Supreme Court filed its finding and order, setting aside the alternative writ and denying the permanent writ. It appears that the defendant did not learn of this ruling until May 9th, whereupon it petitioned the Supreme Court for rehearing, under the rules of the court allowing 30 days for that purpose. The order of the Supreme Court was filed in the superior court June 3, 1927. The petition for rehearing was denied by the Supreme Court June 14, 1927. On May 11, 1927, the petition for removal was filed in the superior court, which removal the superior court ordered, on the 13th of May, 1927.
Sections 221, 222, 241, and 411 of Remington's Compiled Statutes of Washington, 1922, provide:
Rule 6 of the Rules of the Superior Courts of the State of Washington in part provides:
Plaintiffs cite: Heller v. Ilwaco M. & L. Co. (C. C.) 178 F. 111; Martin, Adm'r, v. Railroad Co., 151 U. S. 673, 14 S. Ct. 533, 38 L. Ed. 311; Goldey v. Morning News, 156 U. S. 518, 15 S. Ct. 559, 39 L. Ed. 517; Railway Co. v. Brow, 164 U. S. 271, 17 S. Ct. 126, 41 L. Ed. 431; Powers v. Railway, 169 U. S. 92, at page 98, 18 S. Ct. 264, 42 L. Ed. 673; Fidelity & Casualty Co. v. Hubbard (C. C.) 117 F. 949; Bramwell v. Owen (D. C.) 276 F. 36, at page 38; Fidelity Trust, etc., Co. v. Newport News, etc., Co. (C. C.) 70 F. 403; Lederer v. Sire (C. C.) 105 F. 529; R. Co. v. Willard, 220 U. S. 414, 31 S. Ct. 460, 55 L. Ed. 521; McAllister v. Ry., 243 U. S. 302, 37 S. Ct. 274, 61 L. Ed. 735; G. N. Ry. v. Alexander, 246 U. S. 276, 38 S. Ct. 237, 62 L. Ed. 713; Lathrop v. Railroad Co. (C. C.) 135 F. 619; O'Brien v. Construction Co. (C. C.) 107 F. 338; Gaugler v. Ry. (D. C.) 197 F. 79; Richardson v. Water Power Co. (D. C.) 209 F. 949; Niccum v. Assurance Co. (D. C.) 17 F.(2d) 160; Wolff v. Archibald (C. C.) 14 F. 369; Woolridge v. McKenna (C. C.) 8 F. 650; Dalton v. Insurance Co. (C. C.) 118 F. 882; Santa Clara County v. Mach. Co. (C. C.) 159 F. 751; Shane v. R. Co. (C. C.) 150 F. 801; General Inv. Co. v. R. Co., 260 U. S. 261, at page 267, 43 S. Ct. 106, 67 L. Ed. 244; Remington v. Railroad Co., 198 U. S. 95, 25 S. Ct. 577, 49 L. Ed. 959; Yellowstone, etc., Bank v. Rosenbaum Bros. & Co. (D. C.) 277 F. 69; Nickels v. Pullman Co. (D. C.) 268 F. 610, at page 618; State ex rel. N. Y. Oil Co. v. Superior Court (Wash.) 255 P. 1030; section 29, Babbitt's Judicial Code; Meeker v. Johnson, 5 Wash. 718, 32 P. 772, 34 P. 148; Collins Mfg. Co. v. Wickwire Spencer Steel Co. (D. C.) 11 F.(2d) 196; Board of Com'rs v. Hulse (D. C.) 17 F.(2d) 785; Kraus v. R. Co. (C. C. A.) 16 F.(2d) 79; Solomon v. Pa. R. Co. (D. C.) 240 F. 231; Pilgrim v. Ætna Life Ins. Co. (D. C.) 234 F. 958; Ry. Co. v. Daughtry, 138 U. S. 298, 11 S. Ct. 306, 34 L. Ed. 963; Olds v. City Trust, etc., Co. (C. C.) 114 F. 975; Tinker v. Board (D. C.) 292 F. 863; Scoggins v. Railroad Co. (D. C.) 292 F. 162; Lee v. Insurance Co. (D. C.) 292 F. 408; Adams v. Puget Sound Traction, Light & Power Co. (D. C.) 207 F. 205; Heller v. Lumber Co. (C. C.) 178 F. 111; Garvey v. Compania, etc. (D. C.) 222 F. 732; Austin v. Gagan (C. C.) 39 F. 626, 5 L. R. A. 476; Fox v. Ry. (C. C.) 80 F. 945; Gates Iron Wks. v. Pepper & Co. (C. C.) 98 F. 449; Platt v. Bradner, 131 Wash. 573, 230 P. 633; Richardson v. Power Co. (D. C.) 209 F. 949.
Defendants cite: State ex rel. N. Y. Oil Co. v. Superior Court (Wash.) 255 P. 1030; Rogers v. Penobscot Mining Co. (C. C. A.) 154 F. 606; Geer v. Mathieson Alkali Wks., 190 U. S. 428, 23 S. Ct. 807, 47 L. Ed. 1122; Sioux City Terminal, etc., Co. v. Trust Co. of N. A. (C. C. A.) 82 F. 124; Higgins v. B. & O. R. Co. (C. C.) 99 F. 640; Harter v. Kernochan, 103 U. S. 562, 26 L. Ed. 411; Removal Cases, 100 U. S. 457, 25 L. Ed. 593; Lucas v. Milliken (C. C.) 139 F. 816; Moloney v. Cressler (C. C. A.) 210 F. 104, 109; Stimson v. United Wrapping Mach. Co. (C. C.) 156 F. 298; Mecke v. Valley Town Mineral Co. (C. C. A.) 89 F. 209; Barney v. Latham, 103 U. S. 205, 26 L. Ed. 514; Cella, Adler & Tilles v. Brown (C. C.) 136 F. 439; Old Dominion Oil Co. v. Superior Oil Corp. (D. C.) 283 F. 636; Ferry v. Wiggins (D. C.) 287 F. 421; Hough v. Societe Electrique, etc. (D. C.) 232 F. 635; Youtsey v. Hoffman (C. C.) 108 F. 693; Wheeling Creek Gas, etc., v. Elder (C. C.) 170 F. 215; Mfg. Commercial Co. v. Brown Alaska Co. (C. C.) 148 F. 308; Buck v. Felder (D. C.) 196 F. 419; New England Water Works Co. v. Loan & Trust Co. (C. C. A.) 136 F. 521; Powers v. Chesapeake, etc., R. Co., 169 U. S. 92, 18 S. Ct. 264, 42 L. Ed. 673; Yarde v. Baltimore & Ohio R. Co. (C. C.) 59 (57) F. 913; Mattoon v. Reynolds (C. C.) 62 F. 417; Fritzlen v. Boatmen's Bk., 212 U. S. 364, 29 S. Ct. 366, 53 L. Ed. 551; Haynes' Adm'r v. C., N. O. & T. P. R. Co., 145 Ky. 209, Ann. Cas. 1913B, 719, 140 S. W. 176, 180; Robert v. Pineland Club (C. C.) 139 F. 1001; Donahue v. Calumet Fire-Clay...
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