State ex rel. Baker River & Shuiksan Railroad v. Nichols

— The petitioner, Baker River and Shuiksan Railroad Company, existing under and by virtue of the laws of the state of Oregon, offered to the respondent, as secretary of state of the state of Washington, certified copies of its articles of incorporation, tendered- the filing fees, and demanded that it be properly registered and that the usual certificate, authorized to be issued to foreign corporations seeking to do business in the state of Washington, be issued to it. Respondent refused the offer and-demand of the petitioner, for the reason that there was at the time a domestic corporation…