Legal Opinion
Bain Peanut Co. of Tex. v. Pinson
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 24, 1931No. 49PublishedCited by 157 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes
The Bain Peanut Company, a corporation of Texas, was sued in Comanche County of that State, being the county in which the cause of action arose. Its-principal office was in Tarrant County, Texas. In due form it raised the question whether the statute of Texas (subdivision 24, Article -1830, R. S. 1911, now subdivision 23, Article 1995, R. S. 1925) that allowed suits against private corporations to be brought in any county in which the cause of action arose, was valid under the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution when unincorporated individuals are assumed not to be “ subject to suit…
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