State ex rel. Preston Mill Co. v. Howell
Washington Supreme Court
Application filed in the supreme court February 16, 1912, for a writ of mandate directing the secretary of state to accept a fee and issue an annual license to a domestic corporation.
1Opinion of the CourtMorris, J.
This is an original application for a writ of mandamus to the secretary of state, directing him to accept certain fees from the relator and issue to it a license for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1912. The attorney general appears and files a demurrer on behalf of the respondent, and as all the pertinent facts are embodied in the petition, a question of law is submitted the disposition of which will control the writ.
The relator is a domestic corporation, engaged in the lumber business at Preston, King county, and has been so engaged since its incorporation in 1892. Through the neg*380lect and…
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