Case Name: BEBERDICK v. BROWNING, KING & CO.
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1899-10-25
Citations: 60 N.Y.S. 472
Docket Number: 
Parties: BEBERDICK v. BROWNING, KING & CO.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's New York Supplement
Volume: 60
Pages: 472–472

Head Matter:
BEBERDICK v. BROWNING, KING & CO.
(Supreme Court, Appellate Term.
October 25, 1899.)
Municipal Courts—Jurisdiction—Nonresident Corporations.
The municipal court of New York City has no jurisdiction of an action against a foreign corporation.
Appeal from municipal court, borough of Manhattan, Second district.
Action by Frank W. Beberdick against Browning, King & Co. From a judgment dismissing the complaint, plaintiff appeals.
Affirmed.
Argued before FREEDMAN, P. J., and MacLEAN and LEVEN-TKITT, JJ.
Clarence W. Thornall, for appellant.
James A. Gray, for respondent.

Opinion:
PER CTJRIAM.
From the record in this case it affirmatively appears that the defendant is a foreign corporation. The court below therefore had no jurisdiction, and the judgment must be affirmed. Rieser v. Charles F. Parker & Co., 27 Misc. Rep. 205, 57 N. Y. Supp. 745.
Judgment affirmed, with costs to respondent.