Broadway Bond Street Co. v. Fidelity Printing Co.

This is a suit, originating in a justice court, to recover the unpaid rent for the months of July, August and September, 1912, aggregating $300 due from defendant for the basement floor of the seven story building at the southwest córner of Eighth and Broadway, Kansas City. Defendant admits that it has not paid the rent sued for, and denies plaintiff’s right to recover solely upon the ground that plaintiff is a foreign corporation with no authority to do business in this State and for that reason cannot maintain this suit or recover upon it in the courts of Missouri.

Upon appeal from the…