Grover & Baker Sewing Machine Co. v. Butler

This is an action by appellant, the payee, against appellee, the maker of a promissory note. Appellee’s answer states, in substance, that appellant is a foreign corporation, not organized under the laws of this State; that the note sued upon was executed to appellant in Newton County, Indiana, in consideration of a sewing-machine, sold to appellee by one J. F. Kitsmiller, who represented himself a duly authorized agent of the appellant in said county, and that said Kitsmiller did not deposit in the office of the clerk of said Newton County any power of attorney or other authority from…