Trust Co. of Ga. v. Mortgage-Bond Co. of N. Y.

Bell, Justice.

The principal question for determination is whether section 36 of the Corporation Act of 1938 applies to foreign as well as domestic corporations. We think that it applies by its terms to Georgia corporations only, and since there is nothing in the record to indicate that the plaintiff corporation ever at any time engaged in business in Georgia, let it be understood at the outset that, in so far as this section is concerned, the question is limited to a determination of the meaning of its own particular provisions, regardless of whether the plaintiff might have become either…