Westlake Park Investment Co. v. Jordan

The petitioner herein applies for a writ of mandate to compel the respondent, as Secretary of State of the state of California, to accept from the petitioner its corporation license tax for the year 1926 and to thereupon issue a license in conformity with the Corporation License Act authorizing the transaction of business by it in this state for the current year. The petitioner appends to its said application a copy of its articles of incorporation made, executed, and filed in the office of the said Secretary of State during the month of October, 1923, whereupon, as the petitioner alleges, a…