Linograph Company v. Logan

The appellant, the Linograph Company, a foreign corporation, hereinafter referred to as the “company,” brought this suit in the Johnson Chancery Court to recover $2,149.50, the balance of the purchase money due on a type-setting machine, and to foreclose the chattel mortgage given to secure the debt. The complaint alleged that the purchase money was evidenced by one note for $30 and the balance in notes for $40 each, all dated December 3, 1923.

Appellees, who were defendants below, defended upon the ground that appellant ivas a foreign corporation, and had not complied with the laws of this…