Eastman & Co. v. Watson

Citations

• 72 Wash. 522
• 130 P. 1144
• 1913 Wash. LEXIS 1503

Syllabus

<p>Corporations — Actions—Conditions Precedent — Payment oe License Pee — Proof. Payment of the annual corporate license fee, which by statute is a prerequisite to suit by a corporation, may be proved by parol, notwithstanding the statutes make the certificate of the secretary of state prima facie evidence.</p> <p>Same. Evidence that it had been paid for the current year is prima facie evidence that it had been paid for previous years.</p> <p>Same — Payment of License Pee — Issues, Proof, and Variance. Rem. & Bal. Code, § 3715, providing that no corporation shall commence or maintain any suit without alleging and proving that it had paid its annual license fee, is a license tax or revenue measure, and proof that the fee was paid prior to the trial although, in default when the suit was commenced is admissible under an allegation that it had been paid before suit brought, without amendment of the complaint; since the purposes of the statute had been fully met.</p>