Supreme Court of North Carolina October 5, 1884 (Ryan v. . Martin)

Merrimon, J.

The defendant contended, that it did not appear by any proper evidence that the Deep River mining company had any corporate organization or capacity to hold and have title to land, or other property, and therefore, the deeds put in evidence on the trial were void.

It is true, that it must appear that there was a corporate existence either

dejure,

or

defacto,

at least.