State ex rel. Equitable Building, Loan & Savings Ass'n v. Amsberry

The Equitable Building, Loan & Savings Association, relator, amended its articles of incorporation to increase its authorized capital stock from $500,000 to $1,000,000, and this is an application for a writ of mandamus to compel’ the secretary of state, respondent, to file the amendment in his office. Respondent resists the allowance of the writ on the ground that relator failed to pay in advance a filing fee of $250. Relator contends that the law requiring the payment of such a fee does not apply to a building and loan association.

The statute requires payment of fees in advance to the…