ART. 67. ] PROCEEDINGS AGAINST CORPORATIONS.

court to which the writ by virtue of which such stock or debt was
sold, was returnable, or any judge thereof in vacation, may punish
by process of contempt all persons so refusing to permit such
transfer, and may also cause the proper book of such corporation
to be brought before such court or judge, and the transfer to be
made, and the corporation shall be liable for all damages sustained
by reason of a refusal to permit such transfer.

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32. The purchaser may refuse to accept the transfer of any stock
or transferable debt, unless it be made within thirty days after the
sale, and may bring an action on the case against the sheriff, officers,

Id s 207
Refusal by
purchaser to
accept transfer.

or corporation, by whose default the said transfer was delayed or
omitted, and may recover the value of the stock or debt at the time
the transfer should have been made, or at any time afterwards,
before the rendering of the verdict in his said suit.

Action against
sheriff or cor-
poration

33. Any person whom the court may appoint to make any
transfer shall be entitled to the sum of one dollar, to bo paid by the
purchaser, and recovered by him from the person who ought to have
made the transfer.

PROCESS.

Id s 208
Fee for trans-
fer

34. Any corporation not chartered by the laws of this State,
which shall transact business therein, shall be deemed to hold and
exercise franchises within this State, and shall be liable to suit in
any of the courts of this State, on any dealings or transactions
therein.

1868. c 471, s
209
Liability of
foreign corpora-
tions
12 Md 476

35. Process issued by any court or justice of the peace of this State
against any corporation incorporated under its laws, may be served
on any president, director, manager, or other officer of such corpora-
tion, and all suits which shall hereafter be brought against any cor-
poration which has been or may be incorporated under the general

Id s 210
Service of pro-
cess

incorporation laws of this State, shall be brought in the county or
city of Baltimore, as the case may be, in which the certificate of
incorporation is required to be and has been recorded.

Suits where
brought.

36. Suits may be brought in any court of this State, or before a
justice of the peace, against any corporation not incorporated under
its laws, but deemed to hold and exercise franchises herein, or
against any joint stock company or association doing business in
this State by a resident of this State, for any cause of action; and
by a plaintiff, not a resident of this State, when the cause of action
has arisen, or the subject of the action shall be situate in this State;

Id s 211
Suits in court,
or before jus-
tices
40 Md 595.

and process in such suits may be served as provided in the next
preceding section, and also upon any agent of such corporation or
joint stock company or association; and, in case of service of pro-

Service of pro-
cess

cess on an agent, notice of such process shall be left at the principal
office of said corporation, joint stock company, or association, if

notice.

there be such office in this State; provided, nothing in this article

Proviso

shall prevent or affect the issue of attachments against corporations
as now or hereafter allowed by law..

Attachments