Lane v. Maple Leaf Milling Co.’s Empirical Analysis
1949
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Relies on Cannon Mfg Co v. Cudahy Packing Co · People's Tobacco Co. v. American Tobacco Co. · Bank of America v. Whitney Central National Bank · Conley v. Mathieson Alkali Works · Peterson v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.
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““ * * * The New' York corporation leases an office in its own name in New York. It has and pays its own employees. It maintains its own bank account in New York from which it pays its own expenses. It finances its buying and selling operations on its own credit. It maintains its own bank accounts separate from the Canadian company. It buys flour and other products-mainly from the Canadian corporation. It sells these products for its own account, solicits orders for its own account, and its contracts with its customers áre not required to be confirmed by the Canadian corporation. . “I can only conclude from the affidavits before me that while the two corporations have the same name, the New York corporation is a separate corporation and a separate corporation entity and conducts its business as such.” At page 744. '”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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