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Munday v. Wisconsin Trust Co., 252 U.S. 499 (1920)
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Munday v. Wisconsin Trust Co., 252 U.S. 499 (1920)
Munday v. Wisconsin Trust Company No. 288 Argued March 25, 1920 Decided April 19, 1920 252 U.S. 499
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT
OF THE STATE OF WISCONSIN
Whether a state statute is intended to validate a contract previously unenforceable under the state law is for the state courts finally to decide, and involves no federal question. P. 502.
As applied to transactions subsequent to its enactment, a state law providing that conveyances of local realty taken by sister-state corporations before they have filed their articles with the local secretary of state shall be wholly void on behalf of them or their assigns violates neither the contract clause nor the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. P. 503.
The power of the state to exact such conditions of outside corporations precedent to acquisition of land within the state, and the rule that conveyances are governed by the lex loci rei sitae are not affected by delivery of the deeds, etc., in another state; the transaction does not thus become a matter of interstate commerce. Id.
168 Wis. 31 affirmed.
The case is stated in the opinion.
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U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Munday v. Wisconsin Trust Co., 252 U.S. 499 (1920) in 252 U.S. 499 252 U.S. 501. Original Sources, accessed July 1, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=X9B4GDZQPIC63C8.
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U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Munday v. Wisconsin Trust Co., 252 U.S. 499 (1920), in 252 U.S. 499, page 252 U.S. 501. Original Sources. 1 Jul. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=X9B4GDZQPIC63C8.
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U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Munday v. Wisconsin Trust Co., 252 U.S. 499 (1920). cited in 1920, 252 U.S. 499, pp.252 U.S. 501. Original Sources, retrieved 1 July 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=X9B4GDZQPIC63C8.
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