North v. Mergenthaler Linotype Co.

BICKETT, Chief Justice.

Mergenthaler Linotype Company, a New York corporation, sued Arthur North, Y. V. Daniels, and others, upon ten promissory notes, aggregating $300 principal, and for foreclosure of a chattel mortgage lien upon certain linotype equipment. From a judgment in favor of plaintiff against all of the defendants, North and Daniels have appealed upon the sole contention that plaintiff could not maintain the suit, because it did not have a permit to do business in this state, as required by árticle 1529, Revised Civil Statutes of Texas (1925).

The defendants, other than North and…