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ALLEN v. ALLEGHANY COMPANY

No. 119.

196 U.S. 458 (1905)

ALLEN v. ALLEGHANY COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 20, 1905.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Alexander S. Bacon for plaintiffs in error, cited in support of the jurisdiction: Finney v. Guy, 189 U.S. 335; Manley v. Park, 187 U.S. 547; Chicago &c. R.R. v. Ferry Co., 119 U.S. 615; United States v. Alger, 152 U.S. 384, distinguished; Johnson v. N.Y. Life Ins. Co., 187 U.S. 491; and as to comity Hilton v. Guyot, 159 U.S. 113; Snashall v. Met. R.R. Co., 12 D.C. App. 319; 22 Am. & Eng. Ency. Law, 2d ed., 1319; Brently v. Whittemore, 4 C.E. Green Eq. 462; Watson v. Murray, 8 C.E. Green, 257; Story on Conflict of Law, § 243; Hoyt v. Thompson, 5 N.Y. 320, 340; Manufacturing Co. v. Truxton, 44 Atl. Rep. 430, and cases cited; Bank v. McLeod, 38 Ohio St. 174.

Mr. James A. Gordon for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE BROWN, after making the foregoing statement, delivered the opinion of the court.

The defendants, plaintiffs in error here, pleaded that the note upon which suit was brought was executed in the State of New York, and that under the laws of that State no foreign corporation could do business there without a certificate of the Secretary of State that it had complied with all the requirements of law to authorize it...

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