Crescent Cotton Oil Co. v. State ex rel. Collins
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the chancery court of Sunflower county. Hon. E. N. Thomas, Chancellor. Suit by the state on the relation of Ross A. Collins, Attorney-General, against the Crescent Cotton Oil Company. Prom a judgment for relator, defendant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal from the chancery court of Sunflower county. Hon. E. N. Thomas, Chancellor. Suit by the state on the relation of Ross A. Collins, Attorney-General, against the Crescent Cotton Oil Company. Prom a judgment for relator, defendant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. (1) Conceding for the purpose of this argument, that a state has absolute right to exclude a foreign corporation from its borders or to expel it solely upon the ground that it is a foreign corporation, we assume that it will not be questioned at this day, that a state cannot exclude from its…
1Opinion of the CourtSykes, J.
This is the second appearance of this case in this court. Upon the former appeal we held that chapter 162 of the Laws of 1914 (section 4750 et seq., Hemingway’s Code), was constitutional. This case is reported in 116 Miss. 398, 77 So. 185, and reference is here made to that report for a more complete history of the case. Upon the remand of the case to the chancery court the oil company upon motion was allowed to make the following amendment to its answer:
*637“Respondent, Crescent Cotton Oil Company, would-show that it is engaged, and had been for a long time prior to the passage of the act of…
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