Legal Opinion
Bolton v. White Motor Co.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided March 7, 1940No. 6 Div. 492PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOULDIN, Justice.
Mallie Bolton brought suit in assumpsit, in the circuit court of Tuscaloosa County, against The White Motor Company, a corporation.
The defendant pleaded in abatement, alleging defendant was a foreign corporation, had qualified to do business in Alabama, with a known place of business in Birmingham, Jefferson County, and a designated agent ip Birmingham, and was not doing business in Tuscaloosa County by agent when the suit was begun.
On a trial of this issue before the court without a jury the plea was sustained. Plaintiff appeals.
The evidence disclosed the following facts:
The…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Green v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1907
- People's Tobacco Co. v. American Tobacco Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1918
- Beard v. Union & American Publishing Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1881
- United States v. American Bell Telephone Co.United States Circuit Court · 1886
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