State ex rel. Simpson v. Sperry & Hutchinson Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Petition to tbe supreme court for a writ of quo warranto directed 'to tbe Sperry & Hutchinson Company, a corporation, requiring it to show cause by what right it transacted business in the state of Minnesota.
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Petition to tbe supreme court for a writ of quo warranto directed 'to tbe Sperry & Hutchinson Company, a corporation, requiring it to show cause by what right it transacted business in the state of Minnesota. The petition, among other matters, set out the form of .so-called advertising contract used by respondent company with its subscribers, the conditions under which it furnished them with '“S. & IT. green trading stamps,” the printed directions and conditions relative to the issue, collection and redemption of the trading ■stamps, and the following notice printed on the back cover of its…
1Opinion of the CourtLewis, J.
On the petition of the attorney general a writ of quo warranto issued from this court directing respondent to show; cause by what war*384rant it claimed the right to continue the enjoyment of its corporate rights, franchises, and privileges in the state of Minnesota. Respondent demurred to the petition upon the ground that the facts stated therein did not constitute a cause of action, for the reason that chapter 142, p. 155, Laws 1909,1 upon which the petition is based, violates article 1, § 7, of the constitution of Minnesota, and the fourteenth amendment of the constitution of the United…
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- Young v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1903
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