Boggs v. O. S. Kelly Manufacturing Co.

*10The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mason, J.:

The O. S. Kelly Manufacturing Company, a foreign corporation, brought a replevin action against William E. Boggs to recover the possession of personal property upon which it held a chattel mortgage given to it by Boggs securing a note between the same parties. The plaintiff recovered, and the defendant prosecutes error.

At the time the note and mortgage were executed the plaintiff was engaged in transactions of a character-that may be assumed to have brought it within the requirements of the statute with respect to foreign corporations doing…