Legal Opinion
Long Manufacturing Co. v. Wright-Way Farm Service, Inc.
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided February 14, 1974No. 5 January Term 1974, Docket No. 54,143PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLevin, J.
Long Manufacturing Company, Inc., a North Carolina corporation, commenced this action against Wright-Way Farm Service, Inc. to recover the purchase price of goods and services.
The trial judge granted Wright-Way’s motion for accelerated judgment 1 on the ground that Long lacked the capacity to maintain the action because its transactions with Wright-Way constituted "doing business” in Michigan and Long did not pos sess a certificate authorizing it as a foreign corporation to "carry on its business” in Michigan. 2
The Court of Appeals, in a per curiam opinion, affirmed the trial court’s…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Browning v. City of WaycrossSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Sifers v. HorenMichigan Supreme Court · 1971
- Eli Lilly & Co. v. Sav-On-Drugs, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1961
- York Manufacturing Co. v. ColleySupreme Court of the United States · 1918
- Real Silk Hosiery Mills v. City of PortlandSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Lenawee County Board of Health v. MesserlyMichigan Supreme Court · 1982
- True v. Hi-Plains Elevator MacHinery, Inc.Wyoming Supreme Court · 1978
- Charter Finance Co. v. HendersonIllinois Supreme Court · 1975
- Lenawee County Board of Health v. MesserlyMichigan Court of Appeals · 1980
- Morris Cruises v. Irwin Yacht & Marine Corp.Michigan Court of Appeals · 1991
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