Sturdivant v. Ka-Dene Medicine Company

McCulloch, • C. J.

Appellee is a Tennessee corporation, and instituted this action against appellant to recover on a promissory note. Appellant, in his answer, denied the corporate existence of appellee, and also pleaded that the note was void "because appellee was doing’ business in the State without having complied with the laws thereof by filing with the Secretary of State its articles of incorporation, etc.

The proof adduced by appellee established the fact beyond dispute that the original indebtedness- of appellant was to- C. A. Sanborn for the price of shares of stock in the corporation,…