United Lead Co. v. J. W. Reedy Elevator Manufacturing Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Charles M. Walker, Judge, presiding. The Appellate Court for the First District affirmed the judgment of the circuit court of Cook county, which was in favor of appellee, in a suit in assumpsit brought in the latter court by appellant against appellee.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Charles M. Walker, Judge, presiding. The Appellate Court for the First District affirmed the judgment of the circuit court of Cook county, which was in favor of appellee, in a suit in assumpsit brought in the latter court by appellant against appellee. A certificate of importance having been obtained, the cause is brought here by further appeal. The following statement of the facts is that of the Appellate Court: “September 8, 1904, appellant, a New Jersey…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Scott
Section 6yb of chapter 32, Hurd’s Revised Statutes of 1903, provides that no foreign corporation organized for pecuniary profit shall be authorized or permitted to transact business in this State, or to continue business herein if already established, until it shall designate some person as its agent or representative in this State on whom service of legal process may be had.
Section 6yd of the same chapter provides a punishment for any neglect or failure to comply with the act, and contains this further language: “In addition to which penalty, on and after the going into effect of this act no…
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