Supreme Court of Iowa February 11, 1908 (Teeple v. Hawkeye Gold Dredging Co.)

Bishop, J.

As conceded in the pleadings of both parties, the defendant is a corporation organized under the laws of the province of British Columbia, Dominion of Canada. The answer fixes the time of its organization as of date May-19, 1904, and this is nowhere questioned in the record. In his petition plaintiff alleges that in May, 1904, he entered into an oral contract with one B. B.