State ex rel. Miller v. Griffin

Citations

• 46 Wash. 489
• 90 P. 661
• 1907 Wash. LEXIS 649

Syllabus

<p>Statutes — Construction. Two acts passed at the same session of the legislature relating to the same subject-matter must be construed together.</p> <p>Eminent Domain — Parties Entitled — Foreign Corporations— Railroads Touching State — Statutes—Construction. Laws 1889-90, p. 525, § 3, relating to the right of railroads whose lines touch the state, which provides that such a corporation complying with the act shall have all the rights and privileges to extend its lines into the state that it would have had if it had been authorized so to do by filing articles of incorporation, in accordance with the general laws of the state (Code, 1881, § 2478), recognizes the legal right of a foreign corporation to construct lines in the state, although it had no.line touching the state; and a general law subsequently taking effect (Laws 1889-90, p. 288) completely covering the latter subject-matter, would likewise authorize foreign corporations to construct lines in the state, although not coming within the provisions of the special act relating to the extension of lines touching the state.</p>