Legal Opinion
Brown v. PEOPLES NAT. BK. OF WASH.
Washington Supreme Court
Decided December 13, 1951No. 31711PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFinley, J.
This is an action for damages for wrongful attachment under Rem. Rev. Stat., § 654 [P.P.C. § 11-15]. The trial court sustained a demurrer to the complaint. The action was dismissed. Plaintiffs elected not to plead further, and have appealed.
Obviously, the question involved is whether the complaint states a cause of action for wrongful attachment under the aforementioned statute. It is our opinion that it does not.
On September 17, 1947, the Peoples National Bank of Washington, one of the respondents, sued the Browns, appellants. The bank was seeking to recover on a conditional sale contract.…
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