Legal Opinion
State v. Mercantile Guaranty Co.
California Court of Appeal
Decided November 29, 1965No. Civ. 22197PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRAY, J. *
State of California appeals from summary judgment dismissing its complaint in intervention in the voluntary dissolution proceedings of Mercantile Guaranty Company.
Questions Presented
1. Have the California courts jurisdiction to wind up the affairs of a foreign corporation as to its property within the State ?
2. Has the State an interest in this proceeding ?
Record
Mercantile is a Delaware corporation organized in 1924 with its principal place of business in San Francisco. Since 1960 it has become inactive in the business of finance for which it was organized except for the holding of…
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