MacKay & Knobel Enterprises, Inc. v. Teton Van Gas, Inc.

CROCKETT, Chief Justice:

Mackay & Knobel Enterprises, a corporation, commenced an action in May of 1964, against the defendant, Teton Van Gas, Inc., to recover damages for destruction by fire of its service station in Summit County, alleging it was caused by the defendant’s negligently installing a butane gas tank therein without proper automatic controls or shut-off valves. A motion to dismiss that action was granted on the ground that the plaintiff’s corporate charter had been suspended in October 1963, prior to the initiation of the suit. After the corporation had been reinstated in October…