Case Name: CRETE MILLS v. CANFIELD
Court: Michigan Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1923-03-23
Citations: 222 Mich. 458
Docket Number: Docket No. 114
Parties: CRETE MILLS v. CANFIELD.
Judges: Wiest, C. J., and Fellows, McDonald, Bird, Sharpe, Moore, and Steere, JJ., concurred.
Reporter: Michigan Reports
Volume: 222
Pages: 458–459

Head Matter:
CRETE MILLS v. CANFIELD.
' Corporations — Foreign Corporation — Failure to Secure Certificate Must be Pleaded — Motion to Dismiss.
In an action by a foreign corporation, that plaintiff had not procured a certificate of authority to carry on its business in this' State, as required by Act No. 84, Pub. Acts 1921 (Comp. Laws Supp. 1922, § 9053 [164]), should have been pleaded and was not available on a motion to dismiss.
Certiorari to Kent; Dunham (Major L.), J.
Submitted January 17, 1923.
(Docket No. 114.)
Decided March 23, 1923.
Assumpsit by the Crete Mills against William S. Canfield for the value of certain mill products. From an order granting a motion to dismiss, plaintiff brings certiorari.
Reversed and remanded.
J. Claude Youdan, for appellant.
Laurence W. Smith, for appellee.

Opinion:
Clark, J.
Plaintiff is a Nebraska corporation. Following the filing of its declaration defendant moved to dismiss on the ground that plaintiff had not procured from the secretary of State a certificate of authority to carry on its business in the State of Michigan as required by statute. See Act No. 84, Pub. Acts 1921 (Comp. Laws Supp. 1922, § 9053 [164]). The cause was dismissed. Plaintiff brings error and had accompanying writ of certiorari.
The matter should have been pleaded and was not available upon a motion to dismiss. See Selznick Enterprises v. Garson Productions, 202 Mich. 106, 111; Vyse v. Richards, 208 Mich. 383; Pagenkoff v. Insurance Co., 197 Mich. 166, where the question is fully discussed.
The order of dismissal is set aside with costs to plaintiff. The cause is remanded.
Wiest, C. J., and Fellows, McDonald, Bird, Sharpe, Moore, and Steere, JJ., concurred.