International Textbook Co. v. Holmes

The plaintiff in this action is a foreign corporation doing business in this state. The business of the plaintiff is that of teaching students by the correspondence method. The appeal was prepared and perfected under the new or alternative method from a judgment rendered in favor of the defendant in an action of claim and delivery wherein the plaintiff sought to recover the possession or the value of a certain lot of books. The books in controversy were delivered to various students of the plaintiff in the state of California, under the terms and conditions of a written contract. Subsequently…