Livingston v. Allen
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the Howell Circuit Oourt. — Hon. W. N. JEvans, Judge. (1) A corporation, although chartered in another state, which has complied with the laws of this state relating to foreign corporations, and which has and maintains in this state an office and agent for the transaction of its usual and customary business, has a legal residence in this state in the county or city of such office for the purposes of suing and being sued.
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Appeal from the Howell Circuit Oourt. — Hon. W. N. JEvans, Judge. (1) A corporation, although chartered in another state, which has complied with the laws of this state relating to foreign corporations, and which has and maintains in this state an office and agent for the transaction of its usual and customary business, has a legal residence in this state in the county or city of such office for the purposes of suing and being sued. Laws of 1891, p. 75; Harding v. Railroad, 80 Mo. 659; Slaven v. Railroad, 51 Mo. 308; City of St. Louis v. Wiggins Eerry Co., 40 Mo. 580; Smith v. The Pilot…
1Opinion of the CourtBiggs, J.
This is an action of replevin instituted in November, 1897. The defendant answered that he was sheriff of Howell county, and that he held the goods by virtue of a levy on them under an execution issued on a transcript judgment by the circuit court of the city of St. Louis in favor of the Singer Sewing Machine Company and against the plaintiff. The execution was dated on the twenty-second of July, 1897, and was made returnable on the first Monday of October following. The levy was made on the thirty-first day of August and the plaintiff gave a forthcoming bond. The property was not sold during…
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- Yates v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1885
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