General Highways System v. Dennis

Plaintiff, an Illinois corporation, engaged in the manufacture, sale, and erection of signs, sued defendant in assumpsit by declaration and rule to plead. Defendant pleaded the general issue, and gave notice the contract sued upon was procured by fraud, payment, and that plaintiff had failed to comply with chapter 1, pt. 5, Act No. 84, Pub. Acts 1921, making it unlawful for foreign cor porations to do business in Michigan without complying therewith. The case was tried before the court without a jury. No findings of fact and conclusions of law were proposed. The trial court filed a written…