BAIN PEANUT CO. v. PINSON

No. 49.

282 U.S. 499 (1931)

BAIN PEANUT COMPANY OF TEXAS ET AL. v. PINSON ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 24, 1931.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. B.G. Mansell, with whom Mr. B.L. Agerton was on the brief, for appellants.

Messrs. Gib Callaway and Mark Callaway submitted for appellees.


MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the Court.

The Bain Peanut Company, a corporation of Texas, was sued in Comanche County of that State, being the county in which the cause of action arose. Its principal office was in Tarrant County, Texas. In due form it raised the question whether the statute of Texas (subdivision 24, Article 1830, R.S. 1911, now subdivision 23, Article 1995, R.S. 1925) that allowed suits against private corporations to be brought in any...

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