St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. Commercial Union Insurance
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR *THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS. This was an action at law, brought September 21, 1889, against a railroad corporation of Arkansas, by three insurance companies, corporations of other States or of England, to recover the sum of $17,000, which the plaintiffs had insured on 340 bales of cotton to Samuel O. Smith & Co., the owners thereof, and had paid to them upon a loss of the cotton by fire, jn consequence (as the…
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ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR *THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS. This was an action at law, brought September 21, 1889, against a railroad corporation of Arkansas, by three insurance companies, corporations of other States or of England, to recover the sum of $17,000, which the plaintiffs had insured on 340 bales of cotton to Samuel O. Smith & Co., the owners thereof, and had paid to them upon a loss of the cotton by fire, jn consequence (as the complaint alleged) of the defendant’s negligence. A plea of nonjoinder of Samuel O. Smith & Co. was filed and overruled, and…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gray
At the very foundation of this action lies the objection of the defendant that the plaintiffs could not acquire or enforce any rights under or by virtue of the contracts of insurance made by them within the State of Arkansas, because they had not complied with the statute of Arkansas of April 4, 1887, c. 135, entitled “ An act to prescribe the conditions upon which foreign corporations may do business in this State,” and containing the following provisions:
“ Sec.’ 1. Before any foreign corporation shall begin to carry on business in this State, it shall, by its certificate under ' the hand of…
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