Gould v. Texas & Pacific Railway Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiffs, George J. Gould and others, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 14th day of December, 1916, vacating an attachment against the property of the defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
Shearn, J.:
What fact determines whether a corporation created under the laws of the United States is located in the State of New York ? Upon the answer to this interesting question depends the validity of the attachment sought to be vacated on defendant’s motion. The attachment was issued upon the averment that the defendant is a foreign corporation. Article 1, section 3, subdivision 5, of the General Corporation Law (Consol. Laws, chap. 23; Laws of 1909, chap. 28) provides that “ A ‘ domestic corporation ’ is a corporation incorporated by or under the laws of the State or Colony of New York.…
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