Union Cloak & Suit Co. v. Carpenter
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trial of the Right of Property.—Appeal from the County Court of Cook County; the Hon. R. H. Lovett, Judge presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shepard
It seems plain that by the transaction in question the appellant was engaged in doing business in this State within the meaning and intent of the statutes in force July 1, 1899, relating to foreign corporations, referred to in the foregoing statement of facts.
The testimony of Mr. Tate, the secretary and treasurer of appellant corporation, is that the goods were not sold to the Columbia Cloak Company, but that the title thereto remained in the appellant all the time, subject only to the right of the Columbia company to sell such of them as they could, and when sold, to send the money to…
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