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State ex rel. Hart-Parr Co. v. Robb-Lawrence Co.

North Dakota Supreme Court

Decided January 2, 1906PublishedCited by 15 opinions

Appeal from District Court, Cass county; Pollock, J. Action by the state, for the use of the Hart-Parr Co., against the Robb-Lawrence Company and the Northern Trust Company. A complaint failing to allege compliance with the statutes of this state as to foreign corporations, is not demurrable. Acme Merc.

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Appeal from District Court, Cass county; Pollock, J. Action by the state, for the use of the Hart-Parr Co., against the Robb-Lawrence Company and the Northern Trust Company. A complaint failing to allege compliance with the statutes of this state as to foreign corporations, is not demurrable. Acme Merc. Agency v. Rochford, 72 N. W. 466; American, etc., v. Smith, 73 Mo. 368; Knapp v. Nat., etc., 30 Fed. 607; Cassady v. American, etc,. 72 Ind. 95; Sprague v. Cutler & Savidge Lbr. Co., 106 Ind. 242, 6 N. E. 335; Nelson v. Edinburgh, etc., 92 Ala. 157. “-Doing business” within a state means the…

1Opinion of the CourtEngerud, J.

The defendant Robb-Lawrence Company is a public warehouseman, duly licensed as such under chapter 141, page 180, Laws 1901. The defendant Northern Trust Company is the surety on the former’s bond as such warehouseman. The Hart-Parr Company, which we shall hereafter refer to as plaintiff, is a foreign corporation, and has brought this action by leave of the attorney general, in the name of the state, to recover for an alleged breach of the warehouseman’s bond executed pursuant to the law mentioned by the two defendant corporations. The complaint, in substance, alleges that the plaintiff is…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Cooper Manufacturing Co. v. FergusonSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
  2. Cincinnati Mutual Health Assurance Co. v. RosenthalIllinois Supreme Court · 1870
  3. Milan Milling, etc., Co. v. GortenTennessee Supreme Court · 1894
  4. Seamans v. Temple Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1895
  5. Ætna Insurance v. HarveyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1860

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Sucker State Drill Co. v. WirtzNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1908
  2. Douglas County State Bank v. SutherlandNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1925
  3. Lowenmeyer v. National Lumber Co.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1919
  4. Hanson v. LindstromNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1906
  5. Dahl Implement & Lumber Co. v. CampbellNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1920

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