Ashcraft v. Powers

On March 3, 1898, the appellant, Russell & Co., caused to he filed in the superior court of Skagit county an affidavit which recited that Prank Quinby, for and on behalf of Prank Ashcraft, did, on the 15th of April, 1895, make and verify a pretended complaint, wherein Prank Ashcraft was plaintiff, and Russell & Co. and others named therein were defendants, purporting to be the commencement of an action for the foreclosure of a mechanic’s lien; that more than two years had elapsed since said time; that the complaint had not been filed in the court in which it was entitled; and “that affiant is…