State Ex Rel. Seattle Baseball Club, Inc. v. Superior Court

The Seattle Baseball Club, Inc., is a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the state of Washington, having its principal place of business in the city of Seattle. The business of the corporation is to own and operate a professional baseball team.

August 9, 1937, the team owned by the corporation participated in a baseball game in the city of Yakima, and on that day one George Burns instituted an action in the superior court for Yakima county against the Seattle Baseball Club, Inc., and caused a copy of the summons and complaint to be served upon the manager of…