Legal Opinion

Acorn Wood Realty, Inc. v. Old Colony Trust Co.

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided December 20, 1933Published

1Opinion of the CourtBuford, J.

Co-executors filed suit to foreclose a mortgage which they held as the executors of the estate of William M. Wood.

Old Colony Trust Company is a foreign corporation not authorized to do business in the State of Florida and, being a trust company, it is prohibited under the laws of this State from qualifying as a foreign corporation to do business in the State of Florida.

It is contended that because this executor, Old Colony Trust Company, is a foreign corporation it must comply with Section 6145, C. G. L., being Chapter 8531, Acts of 1921, as amended by Chapter 8297, Acts of 1923.

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2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Meyers v. FerrisSupreme Court of Florida · 1926
  2. Merrell v. City of St. PetersburgSupreme Court of Florida · 1926

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