State ex rel. Tanner v. Northwestern Investment Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Spokane county, Kennan, J., entered September 8, 1911, upon granting a nonsuit, dismissing an action to forfeit corporate franchises.
1Opinion of the CourtFullerton, J.
This is a proceeding, brought in the name of the state by the attorney general, to forfeit the franchises of the respondent corporations. The ground upon which the proceeding is based is, in substance, that they have conducted a building and loan business within the state without complying with the laws relative thereto; that they have misused franchises which they have, and have exercised franchises which they have not; that their business is fraudulent and contrary to law; and that they are insolvent. Issue was joined on the allegations of the complaint, and a trial entered upon, which…
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