State Ex Rel. Cartwright v. Hillcrest Investments, Ltd.

I respectfully dissent. This Canadian corporation is not a bona fide resident of Oklahoma. It is — -and always will be — an alien. Being domesticated to do business in Oklahoma does not change its legal residence.

It is useful to remember that corporations do not exist in nature. They are artificial beings which exist only by force of the laws of their creating jurisdiction.

Unlike a natural person, a corporation cannot change its domicile at will. It has no power to do so; it exists only by reason of the law of its origin. While it may transact business elsewhere, it cannot change its…