Paper Products Company v. Doggrell
Supreme Court of Tennessee
261 S.W.2d 127 (1953)
Relevant factsFree
Doggrell and Konz's Arkansas corporation properly filed its charter with the Secretary of State but its Arkansas-based partner forgot to also file with the county clerk as separately required; after the corporation went bankrupt, a creditor obtained an Arkansas judgment against the local partner under a statute imposing personal stockholder liability for that filing failure, then sued the Tennessee-resident stockholders in Tennessee under the same statute.
IssueFree
Whether full faith and credit requires a forum state to apply a foreign jurisdiction's statute if the statute is penal in nature and against the public policy of the forum state.