Newburgh Steel Co. v. Auto Steel Co.

This is an appeal from an order dismissing plaintiff’s declaration and writs of garnishment in an action of assumpsit. The controlling question is whether plaintiff, an Ohio corporation, made such a substantial compliance with the provisions of Act No. 327, Pub. Acts 1931, as amended (Stat. Ann. § 21.1 et seq.), pertaining to the filing of annual reports of foreign corporations and payment of fees, so that it was permitted to maintain an action on a contract entered into during the month of April, 1938. Plaintiff sold some rolled steel to defendant, for which it claimed an indebtedness in the…