American Soap Co. v. Bogue

The sole question here is: Is the president, manager, and director of a foreign cor poration, doing business in this state, without compliance with the laws thereof pertaining to the right of foreign corporations to transact business in this state, liable individually in this state for the debts of the corporation contracted and incurred by him as its agent?

A corporation is an entity, having an existence only in contemplation of, and by force of, law, being wholly artificial and dependent for its existence upon the power conferred by a sovereign. It necessarily follows that its power cannot…