Eastman Oil Mills v. State ex rel. Roberson

This suit Avas instituted by the state, on relation of the attorney-general against the Eastman. Oil Mills, a corporation chartered under the laws of this state, and domiciled at Jonestown, Miss., seeking to impose on the defendant the penalties prescribed for a violation of chapter 162, LaAvs of 1911, Hemingway’s Code, section 4750 et seq., and from a decree imposing a penalty of one thousand clol*68lars and forfeiting the defendant’s charter, this appeal was prosecuted.

The bill of complaint avers that the defendant ivas a domestic corporation with its domicile and principal place of business…