Legal Opinion
Duke v. Pioneer Mining & Ditch Co.
District Court, W.D. Washington
Decided May 17, 1922No. 3430PublishedCited by 5 opinions
At Raw. Action by John P. Duke, Supervisor of Banking of the State of Washington, in charge of liquidation of the Scandinavian-American Bank of Tacoma, against the Pioneer Mining & Ditch Company. On motion by defendant to quash service of summons.
1Opinion of the Court
CUSHMAN, District Judge.
[1] Defendant moves to quash service of summons. The general statute of the state of Washington concerning service of such process provides:
“The summons shall be served by delivering a copy thereof, as follows: * * *
“9. If the suit he against a foreign corporation or nonresident joint stock company or association doing business within this state, to any agent, cashier or secretary thereof.”
Item. & Bal. Code, § 226.
The affidavits show the defendant to be a corporation of Nevada, ‘principally engaged in mining in Alaska. Defendant has no mines, keeps up no office or…
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