Oliver Co. v. Louisville Realty Co.

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Carroll

Affirming.

The question for decision in this case is this: Is it a good defense to an action brought in a State court by a foreign corporation to enforce the collection of the amount due on a contract entered into in the execution of its business here engaged in, that it has not complied with section 571 of the Kentucky Statutes reading: •

“All corporations except foreign insurance companies formed under the laws of this or any other State, and carrying on any business in this State, shall at all times have one or more known places of business in this State,…