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· 4/25/1856

The Lafayette Ins. Co. v. FRENCH

Citations

  • 59 U.S. 404
  • 15 L. Ed. 451
  • 18 How. 404
  • 1855 U.S. LEXIS 710

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that full faith and credit applied to a state’s judgment against a foreign corporation where service was made on that corporation’s registered agent pursuant to the state’s business registration statute
  • statutory consent to suit may reach “contracts made and to be performed within that State”
  • statutory consent to suit may reach “contracts made and to be performed within that State”
  • statutory consent to suit may reach “contracts made and to be performed within that State”
  • statutory consent to suit may reach “contracts made and to be performed within that State”
  • “A corporation created by Indiana can transact business in Ohio only with the consent ... of the latter State. This consent may be accompanied by such condi tions as Ohio may think fit to impose.... ” (citation omitted)

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Judges: Curtis, Campbell

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