Barron v. Burnside
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO TI-IE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF IOWA. This was a writ of error brought by Henry S. Barron to review a judgment of the Supreme Court of the state ,of Iowa, on a trial on a writ of hateas ■ corpus, remanding him to the custody of George W. Burnside, sheriff of Linn County, Iowa, by whom he was held under a warrant for his arrest issued by a justice of the peace of Linn County, October 5, 1886, for “the crime of knowingly transacting a portion of the business of…
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ERROR TO TI-IE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF IOWA. This was a writ of error brought by Henry S. Barron to review a judgment of the Supreme Court of the state ,of Iowa, on a trial on a writ of hateas ■ corpus, remanding him to the custody of George W. Burnside, sheriff of Linn County, Iowa, by whom he was held under a warrant for his arrest issued by a justice of the peace of Linn County, October 5, 1886, for “the crime of knowingly transacting a portion of the business of the Chicago and North-Western Railway Company within the state of Iowa, when such railway company had no valid permit to…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Blatchford
The statute manifestly applies to the Chicago and NorthWestern Railway Company as an Illinois corporation. The first section provides, that a foreign corporation, desiring to continue the -transaction of its business in Iowa, is required, on and after September 1, 1886, “to file with the secretary of state a certified copy of its articles of incorporation duly attested, accompanied by a resolution of its board of directors or stockholders, authorizing the filing thereof, and also authorizing service of process to be made upon any of its officers or agents in this state engaged in- transacting…
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