Iowa Lillooet Gold Mining Co. v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.

REED, District Judge.

The plaintiff, a corporation of Canada, sues defendant upon its bond given'to plaintiff, guarantying the fidelity of its secretary, alleging that said secretary breached the conditions of the bond by embezzling a large amount of plaintiff’s money. The defendant in one count of its answer alleges that plaintiff lias never complied with sections 1637, 1638, and 1639, Code Iowa 1897, which require foreign corporations who desire to do business in that state to file in the office of the Secretary of State a copy of their articles of incorporation, and procure from said…