Carver Mercantile Co. v. Hulme
Montana Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Gallatin County The statutes of the United States, after prohibiting the granting of special privileges by territorial legislatures, authorize general laws creating corporations, amongst other things enumerated being that of permitting associations as bodies corporate for mining, manufactoring, and “other industrial pursuits.”
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Appeal from District Court, Gallatin County The statutes of the United States, after prohibiting the granting of special privileges by territorial legislatures, authorize general laws creating corporations, amongst other things enumerated being that of permitting associations as bodies corporate for mining, manufactoring, and “other industrial pursuits.” See section 1889, Compiled Statutes, page 29. July 30, 1886, Congress passed an act, recited on page 31, Compiled Laws of Montana Territory, in which is enumerated certain limitations of the power of territorial legislation, among which there…
1Opinion of the CourtDe Wolee, J.
The appellant sued the respondent in the district court of Gallatin County to recover the sum of $646.17, alleged to be due appellant on a balance of account for goods, wares, and merchandise sold and delivered to defendant by George II. Carver & Co. The complaint is in the usual form of an action on account for goods sold and delivered. The defendant further-*570alleges that plaintiff (appellant) is a corporation duly organized under the laws of Montana Territory, and an assignment to it of the claim sued upon before the commencement of the action. The answer denies all the allegations of the…
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