Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. v. Dickinson

Mr. Presiding Justice Chytraus

delivered the opinion of the court.

Defendant contends that, although plaintiff had paid the required" fee and complied with the other requirements of the act of 1899 and had obtained a license under that law to do business in this state and to prosecute suits in its courts, yet plaintiff may not maintain this suit or any suit in any court of this state. This contention is based upon the fact that the state adopted a new law in 1905, a non-compliance by plaintiff with that later law and the inhibition contained in that law prohibiting foreign corporations, who…