London & San Francisco Bank, Ltd. v. Dexter Horton & Co.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern Division of the District of Washington. This suit was brought in the United States Circuit Court for the District of Washington on March 15,1897, by the appellant, a British corporation, against Dexter Horton & Co., Bankers, a corporation organized under' the laws of the state of Washington, and other lienholders, for a foreclosure of all of the appellees’ right, title, lien, and equity of redemption in and…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern Division of the District of Washington. This suit was brought in the United States Circuit Court for the District of Washington on March 15,1897, by the appellant, a British corporation, against Dexter Horton & Co., Bankers, a corporation organized under' the laws of the state of Washington, and other lienholders, for a foreclosure of all of the appellees’ right, title, lien, and equity of redemption in and to certain lands in the state of Washington. An amended bill of complaint was filed August 1, 1898. The only defendant…
1Opinion of the CourtMorrow, Circuit Judge
The appellee acquired its title to the land in controversy during the pendency of the foreclosure suit, but it claims that it is not bound by the judgment in that suit, because it was not made a party to it, and was not made subject to it by lis pendens. The law of the state of Washington relating to lis pendens, applicable to this case, is as follows:
“In an action affecting the title to real property the plaintiff, at the time of filing the complaint, or at any time afterwards, or whenever a writ of attachment of property shall be issued, or at any time afterwards, the plaintiff or a…
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