Sprague v. Universal Voting Machine Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Bill for injunction, etc. Appeal from the Circuit Court of McLean county; the Hon. Colostin D. Myebs, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the November term, 1906.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Puterbaugh
The chancellor in the Circuit Court sustained a general demurrer to a bill filed by certain stockholders in the Universal Voting Machine Company against said corporation and its officers. A decree, was entered dismissing the bill for want of jurisdiction of the subject-matter. To reverse such decree, this appeal is prosecuted by the complainants.
The bill charges that the defendant, The Universal Voting Machine Company (hereinafter for brevity-designated as the “Universal Company”) is a Maine corporation; that it is admitted to do business in the state of Illinois, with offices in the city of…
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