Parsons-Willis Lumber Co. v. Stuart
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Middle District of Alabama. In the matter of the Conecuh Pine Lumber & Manufacturing Company, bankrupt. Appeal by the Parsons-Willis Lumber Company from an order of the District Court disallowing its claim.
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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Middle District of Alabama. In the matter of the Conecuh Pine Lumber & Manufacturing Company, bankrupt. Appeal by the Parsons-Willis Lumber Company from an order of the District Court disallowing its claim. The appeal in this case is taken from the decree of the District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, confirming the order of the referee in bankruptcy, disallowing entirely and expunging the claim of Parsons-Willis Dumber • Company against the bankrupt estate of the Conecuh Pine Dumber & Manufacturing Company. The only…
1Opinion of the CourtToulmin, District Judge
(after stating the facts as above). “The principle that the right of a foreign corporation to engage in *782business within a state other than that of its creation, depends solely upon the will of such other state, has been long settled.” Among the exceptions to this rule is, where the business of the foreign corporation constitutes interstate commerce, and is, therefore, solely within the'paramount authority of Congress. Hooper v. California, 155 U. S. 652, 15 Sup. Ct. 207, 39 L. Ed. 297. A foreign corporation has the right to sell articles of commerce anywhere in Alabama, and to ship them to…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Robbins v. Shelby County Taxing DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Hooper v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Cooper Manufacturing Co. v. FergusonSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
- Ware v. Hamilton Brown Shoe Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1890
- Nelms v. Edinburg American Land Mortgage Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1890
3Cited by3 opinions
- Major Creek Lum. Co. v. JohnsonOregon Supreme Court · 1921
- Moon v. MartinCalifornia Supreme Court · 1921
- In re Selman Heating & Plumbing Co.District Court, N.D. Alabama · 1913