Republic Creosoting Co. v. Boldt Const. Co.

MOORMAN, Circuit Judge.

The substantial question in this ease is whether a contract of an Indiana corporation made in Ohio, before the corporation had qualified to do business in that state, is enforceable against the resident contracting party, in an action brought in a district court of the United States sitting in that state.

Sections 178, 179, and 183 of the Ohio Code provide that no foreign corporation shall transact any business for profit, or maintain an action in the state, until it shall have procured a certificate from the Secretary of State showing that it has filed in his office a…