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			Lumiere v. Mae Edna Wilder, Inc., 261 U.S. 174 (1923)
			
			 
			
	
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		Lumiere v. Mae Edna Wilder, Inc., 261 U.S. 174 (1923)
    
       Lumiere v. Mae Edna Wilder, Inc. No. 242 Argued January 18, 1923 Decided February 19, 1923 261 U.S. 174 
    
    APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
    FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
    Syllabus
    Under the provision of the Copyright Act that suits "may be instituted in the district of which the defendant or his agent is an inhabitant, or in which he may be found," jurisdiction cannot be acquired over a corporation in a district where it has no office and does no business, by serving process on its president while there temporarily and not on business of the corporation.  P. 177. 
    Affirmed. 
    Appeal from an order of the district court quashing service of a subpoena ad respondendum. 
	 
	
	
		
			
	
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								Chicago: 
								U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Lumiere v. Mae Edna Wilder, Inc., 261 U.S. 174 (1923) in  261 U.S. 174 261 U.S. 176. Original Sources, accessed November 3, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=EX15RZAQE28DPDX.
								
							 
							
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								U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Lumiere v. Mae Edna Wilder, Inc., 261 U.S. 174 (1923), in  261 U.S. 174, page 261 U.S. 176. Original Sources. 3 Nov. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=EX15RZAQE28DPDX.
								
							 
							
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								U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Lumiere v. Mae Edna Wilder, Inc., 261 U.S. 174 (1923). cited in  1923, 261 U.S. 174, pp.261 U.S. 176. Original Sources, retrieved 3 November 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=EX15RZAQE28DPDX.
								
							 
						 
					 
				 
				
			
	 
	
 
	
	
	
						
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