Seamans v. Knapp-Stout & Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Milwaukee county: D. H. JohNsok, Circuit Judge. Tbe Milwaukee Mutual Fire Insurance Company was a corporation duly organized and existing under secs. 1941a-1941f, R. S., during all tbe times herein mentioned, doing a business of insurance upon tbe mutual plan.
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Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Milwaukee county: D. H. JohNsok, Circuit Judge. Tbe Milwaukee Mutual Fire Insurance Company was a corporation duly organized and existing under secs. 1941a-1941f, R. S., during all tbe times herein mentioned, doing a business of insurance upon tbe mutual plan. During all of tbe same time tbe defendant herein has been a corporation duly organized and existing under tbe laws of Wisconsin,, with its headquarters or place of business in this state, and doing a lumber business in this and other states. On December 3, 1888, the defendant was tbe owner…
1Opinion of the CourtCassoday, J.
Tbe insurance company and tbe defendant corporation were each created and organized under and by virtue of tbe laws of this state, and exist only by force of tbe laws of this state. Since sucb laws, of themselves, have no extra-territorial force, these corporations cannot migrate to other states, but must dwell in tbe state of their creation.. Larson v. Aultman & Taylor Co. 86 Wis. 283, 284, and cases-there cited. "While these corporations can only live and have their being in this state, jret their residence here creates no insuperable objection to their power to contract and be contracted…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Hobbs v. McLeanSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Scudder v. Union National BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
- Milliken v. PrattMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1878
- Mactier's Administrators v. FrithCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1830
- United States v. Central Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
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- Morris McGraw Wooden Ware Co. v. German Fire Insurance Co. of Pittsburg, Pa.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1910
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- Fredman v. Consolidated Fire & Marine InsuranceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1908
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