Metropolitan Opera Ass'n v. Metropolitan Opera Ass'n

HOLLY, District Judge.

Defendant has filed its motion to vacate the judgment entered herein on the second day of December, 1949, forbidding defendant the use of the name “Metropolitan”. It urges that the Court had no jurisdiction to hear or determine the issues in the case.

Plaintiff is a corporation organized under the laws of the State of New York. The Statutes of the State of Illinois, Ill.Rev. Stat.1947, c. 32, § 157.102 et seq. provide that a foreign corporation before conducting any affairs in this state shall procure a certificate of authority to do business therein and that no foreign…