Northfield Iron Co. v. Murphy

In its petition to this court to take original jurisdiction for the purpose of issuing a writ of prohibition, the petitioner alleges that it is a foreign corporation *489engaged in the manufa’cture of steel bridges; that it is not licensed to do business in Wisconsin, and that it operates on a purely interstate basis in this state; that petitioner contracted for and sold one of its bridges to the town of Oconto, Wisconsin, and was paid the full purchase price therefor in the sum of $6,100; that thereafter an action was commenced in the circuit court for Oconto county by one William Murphy as…