People ex rel. Healy v. Shedd

An information was filed in the circuit court of Cook county against appellants charging them with acting as a corporation, under the name of “The Merrimac Building Company,” without being legally incorporated. Appellants filed five pleas, to which demurrers were sustained, and appellants electing to stand by their pleas, judgment of ouster was rendered, and this appeal was taken.

The first plea justified under the articles of incorpo-' ration of the Merrimac Building Company, which were formally regular, the final certificate bearing the date of April 20, 1896. The duration of the corporation…