State Ex Rel. L. L. Buchanan & Co. v. Washington Public Service Commission

This matter comes here on a writ of certiorari. The relators contend that the trial court erred in denying their motion to dismiss the respondent’s cause of action for want of prosecution under Rule of Practice 3, 34AWn. (2d) 69, which reads as follows:

“Any civil action shall be dismissed, without prejudice, for want of prosecution whenever the plaintiff or cross-complainant shall neglect to note the action for trial or hearing within one year after any issue of law or fact has been joined, unless the failure to bring the same on for trial or hearing was caused by the party who makes the…