International Text-Book Co. v. Gillespie
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Cirquit Court. — Ho». Daniel D. Fisher, Judge. (1) Appellant’s operations in this State do not constitute doing business within the meaning of statutes relative to foreign corporations. The following points cover the whole scope of appellant’s activities in this State: (a) The soliciting of enrollments for courses of instruction is not doing business. Beard v. Publishing Co., 71 Ala. 60; Steel Tube v. Biehl, 9 Pa.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Cirquit Court. — Ho». Daniel D. Fisher, Judge. (1) Appellant’s operations in this State do not constitute doing business within the meaning of statutes relative to foreign corporations. The following points cover the whole scope of appellant’s activities in this State: (a) The soliciting of enrollments for courses of instruction is not doing business. Beard v. Publishing Co., 71 Ala. 60; Steel Tube v. Biehl, 9 Pa. Sup. 220; Union v. Yaunt, 101 U. S. 352; State v. Looney, 214 Mo. 216; Hogan v. St. Louis, 176 Mo. 149. (b) The making of collections of payments on…
1Opinion of the CourtWoodson, J.
— This suit was instituted by the appellant, a foreign corporation, against the respondent, before a justice of the peace in the city of St. Louis, to recover the sum of $61.20, alleged to be due it on a certain contract mentioned in the complaint filed with the justice.
A trial was had before the justice, which resulted in a judgment in favor of the respondent, and from that judgment the appellant appealed to the circuit court. The trial had in the latter court also resulted in a judgment in favor of the respondent, from which the appellant duly appealed to this court.
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