Legal Opinion

Buffalo Refrigerating Mach. Co. v. Penn Heat & Power Co.

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided January 24, 1910No. 88PublishedCited by 8 opinions

In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Pennsylvania. Action by the Buffalo Refrigerating Machine Company against the Penn Heat & Power Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error.

1Opinion of the Court

J. B. McPHERSON, District Judge.

The Pennsylvania act of 187! (P. E. 108) was passed to carry into effect article 16, § o, of,the state Constitution:

“So foreign corporation shall do business in this state without having one or more places of business and an authorized agent or agents in the same upon whom process may be served.”

The act itself is as follows:

“An act to prohibit foreign corporations from doing business in Pennsylvania, without having known places of business and authorized agents.
“Section 1. Be it enacted, etc.,' that from and after the passage of this act. no foreign corporation…

2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. Robbins v. Shelby County Taxing DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
  2. Cooper Manufacturing Co. v. FergusonSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
  3. Brennan v. TitusvilleSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
  4. American Clay Manufacturing Co. v. American Clay Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1901
  5. Johnson v. HulingsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1883

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. United States ex rel. J. B. Van Sciver Co. v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Pennsylvania · 1910
  2. Vulcan Steam Shovel Co. v. FlandersDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 1913
  3. National Refrigerator Co. v. Southwest Missouri Light Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1921
  4. Employers Mutual Insurance v. PakradooniSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1924
  5. Loomis v. People's Const. Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1914

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