Association Collectors, Inc. v. Hardman

Blake, C. J.,

The plaintiff, as assignee of John Lucas & Co., Inc., brought this action on an account stated. By way of affirmative defense, defendants alleged that John Lucas & Co., Inc., was a Delaware corporation and that the transactions out of which the account arose

"... were transactions which took place between the said John Lucas & Co., Inc., doing business within the state of Washington . . . and the defendant, within the state of Washington.

“That at no time . . . did the said John Lucas & Co., Inc., . . . qualify to do business as such within the state of Washington; nor did the said…