Matter of Barber Co. v. Dept. of State

Loughra¡st, J.

This controversy is one as to the construction of the following provision of section 9 of the General Corporation Law (Cons. Laws, ch. 23): “ No certificate of incorporation of a proposed domestic corporation, and no statement and designation of a foreign corporation, having the same name as a corporation authorized to do business under the laws of this state or a name so nearly resembling it as to be calculated to deceive, shall be filed or recorded in any office for the purpose of effecting its incorporation, or of authorizing it to do business in this state.”

The Barber…