Duke v. Taylor
Supreme Court of Florida
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Orange county' STATEMENT. Appellants instituted suit against appellees, Taylor, and fifteen others, as partners doing business as the Florida Orange Hedge Fence Company, on a note as follows: “Orlando, Fla., March 23d, 1887. Two months after date we, or either of us, for value received, jointly and severally, as principals, promise to pay to the order of Collis Ormsby, at the First National Bank of Orlando, at its office in, Orlando,…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Orange county' STATEMENT. Appellants instituted suit against appellees, Taylor, and fifteen others, as partners doing business as the Florida Orange Hedge Fence Company, on a note as follows: “Orlando, Fla., March 23d, 1887. Two months after date we, or either of us, for value received, jointly and severally, as principals, promise to pay to the order of Collis Ormsby, at the First National Bank of Orlando, at its office in, Orlando, Florida, the sum of six hundred and fifty-four dollars; and' it is further agreed that if this note be not paid at maturity,…
1Opinion of the Court
Mabry, C. J.:
One of the pleas in this case, called a plea in abatement, alleges that the Florida Orange Hedge Fence Company was a corporation organized under the laws of Tennessee, and doing business in this State. According to the recognized American doctrine, the domicile and citizenship of a corporation are regarded as belonging to the State under whose laws the corporation is created. In the case of Bank of Augusta vs. Earle, 13 Peters, 519, it is said that “a corporation can have no legal existence out of the boundaries of the sovereignty by which it is created. It exists only in…
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