Legal Opinion
Watson v. J. R. Watkins Co.
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided February 26, 1940No. 34059PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAnderson, J.
Appellee, a foreign corporation, brought this action in the circuit court of Sunflower County against appellants, Watson and Campbell, suing the former as principal and the latter as his surety for the balance due under a, written contract for the.sale of goods. There was a trial on the pleadings and a judgment for appellee, from which judgment appellants prosecute this appeal.
The defense was that appellee had no right to maintain the action because as a foreign corporation it had failed to comply with Sections 4140 and 4164 of the Code of 1930, which provide that’such corporations- shall…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Case v. Mills Novelty Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1940
- North American Mortgage Co. v. HudsonMississippi Supreme Court · 1936
- Wiley Electric Co. v. Electric Storage Battery Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1933
- C.I.T. Corporation v. StuartMississippi Supreme Court · 1939
- Dodds v. Pyramid Securities Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1933
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Reed v. Real Detective Publishing Co.Arizona Supreme Court · 1945
- Putnam v. Triangle Publications, Inc.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1957
- Geerdes v. J. R. Watkins Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1960
- J. R. Watkins Co. v. GoudeauLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1953
- Gilbert v. Reuter Seed Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1955
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