In re Craig Lumber Co.
District Court, D. Alaska
The McDonald-Weist Logging Company is a corporation organized under the laws of the state of Washington. It made an abortive effort to comply with the laws of the territory of Alaska requiring corporations to file certain papers before doing business in the said territory. The Craig Lumber Company was also a foreign corporation, and duly complied with the requirements of the laws of said territory concerning the doing of business within the said territory.
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The McDonald-Weist Logging Company is a corporation organized under the laws of the state of Washington. It made an abortive effort to comply with the laws of the territory of Alaska requiring corporations to file certain papers before doing business in the said territory. The Craig Lumber Company was also a foreign corporation, and duly complied with the requirements of the laws of said territory concerning the doing of business within the said territory. On the 2d day of January, 191S, these corporations entered into a contract whereby the former was to cut logs for the latter. The logs to…
1Opinion of the Court
JENNINGS, District Judge.
As to the first question, the trustee calls the attention of the court to section 660 of the Compiled Daws of Alaska 1913, which provides that:
“If any such corporation or company shall fail to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter [chapter 23], all its contracts with citizens of the .district shall be void as to the corporation or company, and no court of the district, or of the United States, shall enforce the same in favor of the corporation or company so failing.”
It is difficult, however, to see how this section at all affects the matter in controversy…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Carver v. BagleySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1900
- Martin v. WakefieldSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1889
- Shultz v. ShivelyOregon Supreme Court · 1914
- Breault v. ArchambaultSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1896
- Klondike Lumber Co. v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1903
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Rodvik v. Meddleton (In re Rodvik)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Alaska · 2007