Terral v. Burke Construction Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS.' Error to a decree of the District Court enjoining the appellant from revoking the license of the appellee corporation to do business in Arkansas. It is alleged in the bill that the complainant is engaged in interstate commerce. The averment is overcome by the denial'in the answer.
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APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS.' Error to a decree of the District Court enjoining the appellant from revoking the license of the appellee corporation to do business in Arkansas. It is alleged in the bill that the complainant is engaged in interstate commerce. The averment is overcome by the denial'in the answer. Iowa v: Illinois, 147 U. S. 7. The act in controversy is not repugnant to the Constitution as an undue requirement or regulation of a foreign corporation not engaged'in interstate commerce. State v. Hodges, 114 Ark. 155; Doyle…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Taft
This is an appeal from the District Court under § 238 of the Judicial Code, in a case in which.the.law of a State is claimed to be in contravention" of the Constitution of the United States.
The Burke Construction Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Missouri, filed its bill against Terral, Secretary of State of Arkansas, averring that it had been licensed to do business in the State of Arkansas under an act of the Arkansas Legislature approved May 13, 1907; that it was organized for the purpose of doing construction work, and carrying on interstate commerce, and was…
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