People ex rel. United Verde Copper Co. v. Hugo
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the relator, United Verde Copper Company, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Albany Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Albany on the 18th day of June, 1917, denying its motion for a peremptory writ of mandamus. Prior to the year 1900 there was incorporated in the State of West Virginia a corporation under the name of United Verde Copper Company.
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Appeal by the relator, United Verde Copper Company, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Albany Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Albany on the 18th day of June, 1917, denying its motion for a peremptory writ of mandamus. Prior to the year 1900 there was incorporated in the State of West Virginia a corporation under the name of United Verde Copper Company. This corporation was authorized and is still authorized to do business in this State. The relator has been incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware, having the same name as the West…
1Opinion of the Court
Cochrane, J.:
Section 6 of the General Corporation Law (as amd. by Laws of 1917, chap. 594) provides that no corporation except a religious, charitable or benevolent corporation shall “ be authorized to do business. in this State unless its name has such word or words, abbreviation, affix or prefix, therein or thereto, as will clearly indicate that it is a corporation as distinguished from a natural person, firm or copartnership; or unless such corporation uses with its corporate name, in this State, such an affix or prefix.” The name of the relator does not “ clearly indicate ” that it is a…
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