W. B. Mearshon & Co. v. Pottsville Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 373, Jan. T., 1897, by defendant, from judgment o£ C. P. Schuylkill Co., Sept. T., 1895, No. 346, on verdict for plaintiff. Assumpsit on a contract.
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Appeal, No. 373, Jan. T., 1897, by defendant, from judgment o£ C. P. Schuylkill Co., Sept. T., 1895, No. 346, on verdict for plaintiff. Assumpsit on a contract. At the trial the court reserved the following points presented by the defendant: 1. A foreign corporation in regard to the citizens of this state is a company incorporated under the laws of any country or state outside the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. 2. A foreign corporation can only sue or be sued, or transact other business, within this commonwealth, by complying with all the laws, rules and regulations of this state relating…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb,. Justice Green,
The questions of fact on the merits of this case were carefully and correctly submitted to the jury by the learned trial judge, and were found for the plaintiff, and no discussion is needed in regard to those matters. The only question presented by the assignments of error is the correctness of the ruling upon the points reserved. The learned court below held that the transaction involved in this case was not a doing of business by a foreign corporation in this state within the meaning of the Acts of April 22, 1874, P. L. 108, and of June 1, 1889, P. L. 420, and…
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