Hammond Beef & Provision Co. v. Best
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Agreed Statement. This was an action of assumpsit to. recover for goods sold and delivered by the plaintiff to the defendant, and was returnable to tbe Superior Court for Cumberland county, April term, 1897. The parties agreed to the following statement of facts:— “Hammond Beef and Provision Company, the plaintiff, is a legally organized corporation under the laws of the State of Illinois, being organized and created under and in accordance with the provisions of “ An Act…
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Agreed Statement. This was an action of assumpsit to. recover for goods sold and delivered by the plaintiff to the defendant, and was returnable to tbe Superior Court for Cumberland county, April term, 1897. The parties agreed to the following statement of facts:— “Hammond Beef and Provision Company, the plaintiff, is a legally organized corporation under the laws of the State of Illinois, being organized and created under and in accordance with the provisions of “ An Act concerning corporations,” approved April 18th, 1872, and in force July 1st, 1872, and all acts amendatory thereof. The…
1Opinion of the CourtPeters, C. J.
The plaintiff is a corporation created under the laws of the state of Illinois; having its home office in Chicago. Its business is dealing in meats, provisions and other similar merchandise. The corporation ever since its creation has hired a store in Portland where it has transacted a volume of business in its line of about one hundred and fifty thousand dollars a year, employing as its agents or managers persons who are residents of this state. The corporation was assessed on April 1,1896, on considerable personal property in its possession in Portland. The defendant, a citizen of this…
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