Heinzelman v. Union News Co.

I dissent. In my opinion the New Jersey Legislature did not intend the term “resident” as used in the applicable statute (3 Comp. Stat. of N. J., 1910, § 8, p. 3166; N. J. Stat. Ann., § 2:24-7) to be so narrowly construed that its application to a corporation was confined to one actually incorporated and doing business in the State. This is a statute of limitations and thus meant to be a statute of repose. It was not intended that an action could be indefinitely postponed against a foreign corporation licensed to do business in New Jersey, and which had made itself amenable to suit by *932designat…