Legal Opinion

Southern Motor Express Co. v. Magee Truck Lines, Inc.

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided December 13, 1937No. 32935PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtGriffith, J.

The sole question for decision in this case is whether a corporation chartered, organized, and domiciled in another state, but which has been domesticated in this state by full compliance with sections 4160-4162, Code 1930, is subject to attachment in the courts of this state as a nonresident.

The precise question has not been directly decided in this state, or in any other state having domestication statute's of'exactly the same provisions as contained in ours, so far as cited by counsel or which we, on our part, have been able to find. But we think the difficulty can be solved upon two…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Southern Railway Co. v. AllisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1903

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Louisville & NR Co. v. HastyMississippi Supreme Court · 1978
  2. M P I, Inc. v. McCulloughDistrict Court, N.D. Mississippi · 1978
  3. Mitchell v. Union Bag Paper CorporationCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1947
  4. Gulf Refining Co. v. MauneyMississippi Supreme Court · 1941
  5. Lathem v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceDistrict Court, S.D. Mississippi · 2004

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