State ex rel. North Coast Fire Insurance v. Schively

This is an original application on the relation of the North Coast Fire Insurance Company, a domestic corporation, for a writ of mandamus to compel the insurance commissioner to issue to it a license to make both fire and plate glass insurance. The respondent has demurred to the petition on the ground that this court has no jurisdiction of the proceeding and has also made his return to the alternative writ.

The respondent contends that, under the holding of this court in State ex rel. Stearns v. Smith, 6 Wash. 496, 33 Pac. 974, the demurrer should be sustained. In that case it was stated to be…