Johnson v. Cass & Emerson
Supreme Court of Vermont
Action of Contract. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury, in the Caledonia County Municipal Court, G. G. Frye, J. At the close of plaintiff’s case, the court dismissed the action for want of jurisdiction, upon the ground that plaintiff was doing business under a name other than his own, and had not complied with the provisions of No. 117, Acts of 1908. The plaintiff excepted. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtWatson, J.
This action was brought before the Caledonia County Municipal Court. The trial was by jury. At the close of the plaintiff’s evidence, the court, having found that the plaintiff was doing business in this State under a name other than his own, and it appearing that he had never filed returns and paid registration fee as required by No. 117, Acts of 1908, dismissed the action for want of jurisdiction of the process. The plaintiff excepted on several grounds assigned, among which was that the finding was not supported by the evidence.
By Sections 1 and 2 of the Act of 1908, a person doing…
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