Delaware River Quarry & Construction Co. v. Bethlehem & Nazareth Passenger Railway Co.

Citations

• 204 Pa. 22
• 53 A. 533
• 1902 Pa. LEXIS 581

Syllabus

<p>Corporations—Foreign corporations—Registration—Act of April 22,1874, P. L. 108.</p> <p>The purpose of the Act of April 22, 1874, P. L. 108, is to bring foreign corporations doing business in this state, within the reach of legal process. This purpose is not accomplished by a registration of the corporation at the pleasure of its officers or when it may be to their interest to appeal to our courts. Nothing short of a registration before the contract sought to be enfoi’ced is made can give a foreign corporation a right of action.</p> <p>Where a foreign corporation comes into this state and engages in the business of constructing an electric railway during a period of six months, and in this business employs large numbers of men and nearly all of its capital, and does not file a statement in the office of the secretary of the commonwealth as required by the Act of April 22, 1874, P. L. 108, until two.months after the work was completed, it cannot maintain an action for labor and materials furnished by it during the progress of the work.</p> <p>Mitchell, J., dissents.</p>