Commonwealth v. Nolde
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 164, Oct. T., 1909, by defendants, from judgment of Q. S. Berks Co., Sept. T., 1908, No. 77, on verdict of guilty in case of Commonwealth v. Jacob Nolde, Palmer Kershner and Charles A. Dustin. Indictment for violating the act of April 22, 1874. Before Trexler, P. J., specially presiding. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict of guilty, upon which the defendants were fined jointly and severally the sum of $10.00. Defendants appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Orlady, J.,
The sole question in this case is whether the defend*113ants, the officers of a foreign realty corporation, were rightly convicted of transacting business within this commonwealth without complying with the provisions of the Act of April 22, 1874, P. L. 108.. The crime charged is set put substantially in the language of the act which prohibits it and is deemed and adjudged sufficient under the provisions of sec. 11 of the Act of March 31, 1860, P. L. 427.
Their company was duly incorporated in New York, and by its charter authorized “to purchase, lease, or otherwise acquire,…
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