Journal Co. v. Nelson
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from Jackson. Circuit Court. — Hon. John G. Park, Judge. (1) This principle of law was settled in this country by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1839, which decided that it is the business “for which it is created” that a corporation cannot carry on, outside of the State whose laws gave it existence, without permission from the other State which it proposes to enter.
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Appeal from Jackson. Circuit Court. — Hon. John G. Park, Judge. (1) This principle of law was settled in this country by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1839, which decided that it is the business “for which it is created” that a corporation cannot carry on, outside of the State whose laws gave it existence, without permission from the other State which it proposes to enter. Bank v. Earle, 13 Peters 519; Hogan v. St. Louis, 176 Mo. 157; State ex rel. v. Cook, 181 Mo. 610; Mining Co. v. Reinhard, 114 Mo. 218; Demarest v. Flack, 128 N. Y. 205; 1 Cook on Corporations, secs. 237, 424; 2…
1Opinion of the CourtBroaddus, P. J.
The plaintiff as a corporation brought this suit against defendants A. P. Nelson, J. D. Thatcher, George Brant and Wm. P. Cole, copartners doing business under the firm name and style of The Brant Independent Mining Company. The plaintiff is engaged in the business of publishing a newspaper in Kansas City, Missouri. The claim against the defendants is for $299.46 charged for inserting in the plaintiff’s paper the prospectus of The Brant Independent Mining-Company. This prospectus purports to have been signed by defendant W. P. Cole, fiscal agent.
A trial was had in the justice’s court which…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Cleaton v. EmeryMissouri Court of Appeals · 1892
- Fairbanks , Morse & Co. v. Midvale Mining & Manufacturing Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1904
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