Robinson
Robinson v. Linfield College
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Garrecht, J.
On July 19, 1913, Edward S. Ross and two of his sons, Linfield S. Ross and Elwyn G. Ross, organized and incorporated the Ross Holding Company in the State of Washington. They were all designated trustees. The holding company functioned as a family corporation to take and hold title to real property. Edward S. Ross and his wife transferred to the holding company in full payment of capital stock real estate owned by them including the property here in question. The property was encumbered by a mortgage.
Frances E. R. Linfield was the sister of Edward S. Ross. On January, 1915, when the Ross Holding Company was in straitened circumstances, Mrs. Linfield was selected as director and as vice-president and she so acted until 1918. In 1918, she moved to Oregon. In 1921, she was connected with McMinnville College and during the next seven years served there as Dean of Women.
On or about July 1, 1916, Ross Holding Company was stricken from the records of the state for not paying annual license fees. In 1923, the Secretary of the State of Washington made an entry in the Registry of Corporations dissolving the Ross Holding Company.