Legal Opinion
Kraus v. American Tobacco Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 9, 1925No. Appeal, 165PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Justice Schaffer,
As succinctly stated by appellant’s counsel, the question here involved is: Under the facts shown by the record, was the business conducted in Pennsylvania by the American Tobacco Company, a nonregistered foreign corporation, an interstate business, or was it an intrastate business such as to render the company subject to suit in Pennsylvania?
The defendant prior to January 11, 1917, had been registered as a foreign corporation doing business in this State and in accordance with the requirements of law had appointed the secretary of the Commonwealth as its agent…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- People's Tobacco Co. v. American Tobacco Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1918
- Cheney Bros. Co. v. Commonwealth of MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- W. B. Mearshon & Co. v. Pottsville Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1898
- Kraus v. American Tobacco Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1925
- Federal Glass Co. v. LorentzSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1912
3Cited by5 opinions
- Shambe v. Delaware Hudson R. R. Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1926
- American Asphalt Roof Corp. v. ShanklandSupreme Court of Iowa · 1928
- Real Silk Hosiery Mills, Inc. v. Philadelphia Knitting Mills Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1930
- Convery v. Clairol, Inc.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1954
- Commonwealth v. American Sugar Refining Co., Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Dauphin County1942