Goodwin v. Colorado Mortgage Investment Co.

Citations

• 110 U.S. 1
• 3 S. Ct. 473
• 28 L. Ed. 47
• 1884 U.S. LEXIS 1647

Syllabus

<p>Colorado — Corporations—Husband and Wife — Pleadings.</p> <p>1. A certificate signed and acknowledged by the president and secretary óf a foreign corporation, and filed with the Secretary of State and in the office of the recorder of deeds for the county in which it is proposed to carry on business, stating that “ the principal place where the business shall be carried on in the State of Colorado shall be at Denver, in the County of ■ Arapahoe, in said State, and that the general manager of said corporation, residing at the said principal place of business, is the agent upon whom process may be served in all suits that may be commenced against said corporation,” is a sufficient compliance with the requirements of the Constitution and laws of Colorado in that respect.</p> <p>2. The separate plea of a married woman which sets up the homestead law of Colorado as a defence against an action for the recovery of real estate is bad if it fails to aver that the word “ homestead ” is written on the margin of the recorded title of the premises occupied as a homestead, as required by law, even if it also aver a defective acknowledgment by the wife.'</p>