706 CORPORATIONS. [ART. 23

sede any judgment or to go upon any appeal or other bond,
then any such trust or guarantee company shall be liable to be
sued in any of the counties of this State or in the city of Balti-
more wherever any such bond shall be given or liability
incurred by such trust or guarantee company, and process shall
be served upon any such trust or guarantee company, as herein-
before provided for by this section, and any such process shall
be issued to the sheriff of any county or the city of Baltimore,
and shall be made returnable to the clerk of the court of the
county or city of Baltimore from which the same issued; and
whenever any corporation which has been or may hereafter be
incorporated under the general corporation laws of this State
shall carry on any regular business, or shall habitually engage
in any avocation or employment in another county than that in
which its certificate of incorporation is required to be and has
been recorded, it may be sued either in the county where its
certificate is recorded or in the county where it transacts busi-
ness as aforesaid, whether before a justice of the peace or in a
court of law or equity, and process shall be served upon such
corporation in the same manner as provided herein in the case
of trust and guarantee companies; and with the exception herein
provided for, all suits which shall hereafter be brought against
any corporation which has been or may be incorporated under
the general incorporation laws of this State shall be brought
in the counties or city of Baltimore, as the case may be, in
which the certificate of incorporation is required to be and has
been recorded.

N. C. R. W. v. Rider, 45 Md. 24. Balto, and Yorktown T. Co v. Crow-
ther, 63 Md. 572. Fail-fax, &c., Co. v. Chambers, 75 Md. 606.

1888, art. 23, sec. 297. 1868, ch. 471, sec. 211.

411. 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 asso-
ciation 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 situated in this State; and process in
such suits may be served as provided in the preceding section,
and also upon any agent of such corporation or joint stock
company or association; and in case of service of process on
an agent, notice of such process shall be left at the principal
office of said corporation, joint stock company or association,