State ex rel. Lundin v. Merchants Protective Corp.

Citations

• 105 Wash. 12
• 177 P. 694
• 1919 Wash. LEXIS 537

Syllabus

<p>Corporations (141)—Powers-—Legality oe Business—Practice oe Law. A “Merchants Protective Corporation” ostensibly organized to “collect accounts” due its members, hut whose sole operation is to solicit legal business for attorneys through the issuance of membership cards which directly challenge its articles and engage, in consideration of a fee, to attend to certain legal business of its members free of charge, is engaged in the practice of law, which is not open to a commercial corporation, and has no right to do business in this state or legal excuse for existence.</p>