Court Opinion

ID: 7356326
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-26 04:25:49.503911+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:20:29.109710
License: Public Domain

PER CURIAM.
This action was brought upon a check given by defendant in payment of goods sold and delivered to him by plaintiff. The only defense offered was that the plaintiff was doing business in this state as a foreign corporation, without having complied with sections 15 and 16, General Corporation Law, and section 181, of the General Tax Law.
The testimony shows without dispute that one Cunningham, who is a dry goods broker, was the only salesman of the plaintiff in this state; that he takes orders for merchandise; that his only compensation is the commission paid him by plaintiff upon sales made by him; that he has an office, where he keeps samples for display, the samples belonging to him; that, upon receiving an order for goods, he sends it to the plaintiff, where the credit is passed upon, and the order either accepted or rejected; that, if accepted and the goods are shipped, he gets his commission; and that payment for these goods is made directly to the home office of the corporation in North Carolina. It appears that, in some .instances where disputes have arisen between the plaintiff and the customer as to prices, they have been adjusted by Cunningham, and it also appears that the lease of the telephone was made in the name of both the plaintiff and Cunningham; but there is nothing shown in *905the record by which it can reasonably be said that plaintiff is so engaged in doing business within this state as to require a license.
Judgment reversed, and new trial ordered, with costs to the appellant to abide the event.