Frank Prox Co. v. Bryan

Defendant in error brought an action to recover the price of certain articles sold and delivered by plaintiff to the defendant, and had judgment for the amount claimed. The defendant claims that the plaintiff was a foreign corporation not authorized to do business in Illinois; that it had done business in Illinois, therefore could not recover.

Plaintiff was a corporation organized under the laws of Indiana, with its place of business at Terre Haute, Indiana, and it had no license to do business in Illinois. It was engaged in the general foundry business, manufacturing mining machinery and…