Samuel Blatchford

“ The constitution of the United States secures to citizens of another state than that in which suit is brought an absolute right to remove their cases into the federal court, upon compliance with the terms of the removal statute ”

“ The question as to the right of a state to impose upon a corporation engaged in interstate commerce the duty of obtaining a permit from the state, as a condition of its right to carry on such commerce, is a question which it is not necessary to decide in this case. In all the cases in which this court has considered the subject of the granting by a state, to a foreign corporation of its consent to the transanction of business in the state, it has uniformly asserted that no conditions can be imposed by the state which are repugnant to the constitution and laws of the United States. ”

“ Section 4 imposes a penalty of $100 a day on the corporation for carrying on its business in Iowa without having complied with the statute, and having a valid permit, and provides that any agent, officer, or employe who shall knowingly act or transact such business for the corporation, when it has no valid permit, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and for each offense shall be fined not to exceed $100, or be imprisoned in the county jail not to exceed 30 days, and pay all costs of prosecution. ”