Waters-Pierce Oil Co. v. State of Texas
Texas Supreme Court
The State sued the Waters-Pierce Oil Company and obtained judgments forfeiting its permit to do business in Texas as a foreign corporation, and subsequently appointing a receiver for its property. The defendant appealed and the judgments were affirmed. (Waters-Pierce Oil Co. v. State, 47 Texas Civ. App., 299, 105 S. W., 851. See, also, proceedings in same case, 47 Texas Civ. App., 162.) The oil company then applied to the Supreme Court for writ of error.
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The State sued the Waters-Pierce Oil Company and obtained judgments forfeiting its permit to do business in Texas as a foreign corporation, and subsequently appointing a receiver for its property. The defendant appealed and the judgments were affirmed. (Waters-Pierce Oil Co. v. State, 47 Texas Civ. App., 299, 105 S. W., 851. See, also, proceedings in same case, 47 Texas Civ. App., 162.) The oil company then applied to the Supreme Court for writ of error. This was refused on February 26, 1908, without written opinion. But while the application was pending the controversy here determined arose…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brown
In this opinion we will give our reasons for the disposition made on a former day of this term of a motion presented by the Waters-Pierce Oil Company on substantially the following statement of facts:
The Waters-Pierce Oil Company is a corporation created under the laws of the State of Missouri, which had been admitted by the authorities of this State to transact business in Texas under a permit duly issued. The State instituted suit in the District Court of Travis County against the said oil company to forfeit its permit to do business in this State, and also to recover’ from it penalties for…
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