Case Information
*1 OFFICE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
HoBorable Y. 0. ruTera sooretary or Mate
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of faur letter or 011 ~IWTI this de- allah supplies being for D~~tribuldora a0 a& 0s yori6amas. we uldorstad 631 repmsentatire would not r~tual17 ~l%e the wss but would golicit o rdera ana l oa4 th e m on to th e o rfioiale ar th e o ompany in M od- 00 amI that o ontraote TOUl4 be we- pared ana araoufoa by th e offiwr r *2 2omra8l~Y* O.ROWar8 -Page 2
0f fd8tribuid~ a0 ~etr01~8 mtmm0s in x0h0 cwtwhg the a0 0e th084 proaPotf4, hot that aoturl aeiiry os tltew podwta T07da be ma8 in Toxu, aLthor b7 mhlpont or the pwaalet8 fw?m Into TOXW or by ulo dalivery of mxlco wah pro&tot8 out ot storage attho plamt of Erstarn Statea Petroleuai Co, P-Y- se further d%rotala umt it lAl contemplated that nut of the orders takem by suoh representative Toula bo order0 plawd by persons or compazlise doing buoinoss ti statoe (in the United Statss) other than T~xns, but that eoxm csales aml deliveries would be mde to
p3roon6 or com~eslooatedinTexai3 anll that som of such asliveries ta Tex- as citiews c&N bo ando from the stor- agii at tic3 plant OP. Zaastm Strrtos P&2%- leum Cozqany in Tams.
*The bbdcan Cworapltnt througliits Yloa-Consul, 6r. Fldenaio Sorio B., ;Izs asked tbisdspartmentrhefhor the cow pany Till bTe t0 f&O Od 8 pQ2Zdt t0 do buahmwlninretam.
Article 1629 of the Reviuod Civil Statutes pmidw I
m&g corporatfoa for peeuaiary p-of%, excspt LB a%roinaFter FO- TidOd, OSp;aniWd Or OrWt%d UndOX' tha lws of my other State, or of any territory of the United Stotss, or of any Bxlnlofpa1ity of sud.l state or territory or of any foraigu goTern- mt, dcipdits, ae-
olring to truwaot or soliait bus* lnTcuas,orto establish ageneral sr 2zz-%~r&~&s2?;a:::1 duly wrtaiui oopy Of its artio1os of i.ncorporatlon) and tJLareupon suah orri- olal shall issue to suoh corporation a permit to trmnmwt businefJo In thio State for a period o? ten year8 fro8 the date of w riling suoh articles of lnaorporatbion. If suoh corporation Is created for me than on0 purpose, the perdt cn7 be limited to one cc more pzrposes .’
It is plain iron: your ststzmont that Distri- bnidora de Petroleos yerioanos Contemplates doing busl- ness in foras uithln the n@+oing of the above-quoted Article, cum%, ther%Pore, ia requirea to 0bta.l.n a parsdt to transaot bueiness ln this' Btate.
xt is lsinnteria1 that the ctoolt of this corpora- tion ls ouned by the Uoxlosa Gwemamxt, the mtatute takes it iS CiOlW3Rl~ On17 Tith M IIOtd.00 Or StOCk OmOrShip, the oorporata donioile. The permit statute4 applies to - corporatians orgadaal or Orsatod under the lat#af *
forei@ L;overnaent, sorersipt~ Or Elimiolpality.s The foreign co Sti01~a0iogb~ina88inthi~ pe t is subjwt to ooit in our Staku&8ralauful xcr State oourts8 cnea without a pmadt it would be subjwt to t&u3 juriediotioal sf our eo-urt to the cixtent of peport7 ounedbythe corporrtinnrit!dn the jurimi.%Ctbm of the state, whet&w juriodlotion for poreanal j~nt ma be obtained or no&