Roberts v. Chatwin
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Pulaski Circuit Court, Second Division; Guy Fulk, Judge; 1. A foreign corporation engaged in business in this State can make no contract, nor bring suit on any contract made in the State until it has complied with the statute.
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Appeal from Pulaski Circuit Court, Second Division; Guy Fulk, Judge; 1. A foreign corporation engaged in business in this State can make no contract, nor bring suit on any contract made in the State until it has complied with the statute. Kirby’s Dig., § § 832, 833; 77 Ark. 205. The assignee of a contract made by such a corporation without having complied with the law, stands in no better attitude than-the corporation itself. 2. The use of the spur track was a vital part of the contract. Without it, appellant could do nothing. The obligations of the contract were mutual, and the deprivation…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCulloch, C. J.
A written contract was entered into on February 12, 1909, between the Big Rock Stone & Construction Company, a domestic corporation, and Chatwin Bros. Rip-Rap & Contracting Company, a foreign corporation, reciting that the former owned lands and was lessee of certain other lands fronting on the Arkansas River in Pulaski County, Arkansas, and that for a certain consideration named in the contract, it gave to the last-named corporation “the right to take sand from the Arkansas River and along and in front of the land embraced in the leases recited therein, and the exclusive right to load and…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Ludwig v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1910
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1907
- London & Lancashire Fire Insurance v. LudwigSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1908
3Cited by1 opinion
- Clark v. J. R. Watkins Medical Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1914