Diamond Power Specialty Co. v. Milne

Citations

• 67 Pa. Super. 223
• 1917 Pa. Super. LEXIS 375

Syllabus

<p>Corporations — Foreign corporations — Registration—Doing business in Pennsylvania — Case for jury.</p> <p>In an action by a foreign corporation which has failed to register as required by the Act of June 8, 1911, P. L. 710, amended by the Act of April 22, 1915, P. L. 170, the question as to whether the plaintiff had engaged in business in Pennsylvania is for the jury, where the evidence would warrant a finding that the plaintiff had established an office in the City of Philadelphia, and there transacted business, that it employed an agent who was in charge of such office, who employed subagents to assist in the business, that business was transacted at said office, and that the place was known as the Philadelphia office of the plaintiff corporation.</p> <p>Evidence — Deposition—Letter—Principal and agent.</p> <p>In an action for goods sold and delivered where the defendants allege payment to the agent of the plaintiff, and it appeared that the plaintiff had taken depositions attached to which was a letter of the alleged agent, the defendants cannot make use of the letter unless they offer the whole deposition so that the nature of the correspondence between the agent and the plaintiff may be shown.</p>