Illinois Watch Case Co. v. Pearson
Illinois Supreme Court
This is a petition for a mandamus, filed in this court. The .material facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Magruder
This is a petition for mandamus, filed in this court on January 19, 1891, by the “Illinois Watch Case Company” against the Secretary of State, alleging, in substance, that, while it was engaged in taking such steps for the change of its name to the “Elgin Watch Case Company” as are required by the statutes of this State, certain persons, towit: John M. Cutter, J. H. Moore and J. A. McCormick, made and filed with the Secretary of State a statement,' under the corporation Act of this State, for the purpose of forming a corporation by the name of the “Elgin Watch Case Company,” and obtained a…
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