Carolin Manufacturing Corp. v. George S. May, Inc.

Butzel,, J.

The question presented in this case is whether plaintiff Oarolin Manufacturing Corporation, a Michigan corporation, did business solely with George S. May Company, an Illinois copartnership, or whether it also did business with George S. May, Inc., an Illinois corporation, it being claimed by plaintiff that the use of the copartnership form of doing business was a subterfuge used to avoid payment of franchise fees in the State of Michigan. It is conceded that George S. May, Inc., was not licensed to do business in the State at the time the contract in question was entered into or…