Shemper v. Latter & Blum, Inc.

Appellee and cross-appellant, Latter and Blum, Inc., is a large real estate brokerage agency incorporated under the laws of Louisiana, with its principal place of business in New Orleans. It instituted the present action in the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Mississippi, against appellant and cross-appellee, Israel Shemper, Sr., seeking to recover from Shemper $1,500 under the terms of a brokerage contract with him. Shemper pleaded that Latter and Blum was doing business in Mississippi without having qualified in this State and was therefore not entitled to sue in the state courts; denied…