International Trust Co. v. A. Leschen & Sons Rope Co.
Supreme Court of Colorado
Appeal from the District Court of Dolores County. Hon. James L. Russell, Judge. Action by The A. Lescben & Sons Eope Company against The International Trust Company and The Pro Patria Mining and Milling Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant The International Trust Company, appeals.
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Appeal from the District Court of Dolores County. Hon. James L. Russell, Judge. Action by The A. Lescben & Sons Eope Company against The International Trust Company and The Pro Patria Mining and Milling Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant The International Trust Company, appeals. A. Leschen and Sons Eope Company, appellee, and herein referred to as plaintiff, was, at the time of the transaction involved in this .controversy, a corporation organized under the laws of the state of Missouri, with its plant and office in St. Louis, Mo., and was engaged in selling goods in the state…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Goddard
1. The legislature has power to prescribe the terms and conditions upon which foreign corporations may do business- within the state, and require a compliance with such terms and conditions as a condition precedent to their invoking- the jurisdiction of its courts.
In Paul v. Virginia, 8 Wall. 168, 181, Mr. Justice-Field, speaking for the court, said:
“The corporation being the mere creation of local law, can have no legal existence beyond the limits of the sovereignty where created. * * * The recognition of its existence even by other states, and the enforcement of its contracts made therein,…
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