Williams v. Bank of Commerce
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the chancery court of Bolivar county. líos. W. B. Trigg, Chancellor. The opinion states the case. As the Fischer & Burnett Lumber Company had not complied with the law of Tennessee in reference to foreign corporations, its contracts in that state are illegal and invalid. See Lumber Go. v. Thomas, 92 Term., 587. As to the power of a state to impose terms upon a foreign corporation, sec Lascher v.. Stimson, 33 Atlantic Bep., 552; Cooper Mfg.
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From the chancery court of Bolivar county. líos. W. B. Trigg, Chancellor. The opinion states the case. As the Fischer & Burnett Lumber Company had not complied with the law of Tennessee in reference to foreign corporations, its contracts in that state are illegal and invalid. See Lumber Go. v. Thomas, 92 Term., 587. As to the power of a state to impose terms upon a foreign corporation, sec Lascher v.. Stimson, 33 Atlantic Bep., 552; Cooper Mfg. Go. v. Ferguson, 113 U. S., 727; Bank v. Fiarle, 13 Peters, 519. The contention that the company was at least a de. fae.to corporation with regard to…
1Opinion of the CourtCooper, J.
The appellants, who are creditors of the Fischer & Burnett Lumber Company, an incorporated company under the laws of this state, exhibited their bill in this cause in the chancery court of Bolivar county against the said Fischer & Burnett Lumber Company, and against the Bank of Commerce and the Continental National Bank of Memphis, Tennessee, and the Seaboard National Bank of New York, and against James A. Omberg and Charles F. M. Miles, and against other defendants who have no relation to the questions presented by this appeal. The purpose of the bill is to cancel as fraudulent certain deeds…
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