Legal Opinion

Washington County Abstract Co. v. Stewart

Idaho Supreme Court

Decided December 30, 1903PublishedCited by 15 opinions

ORIGINAL application for writ of review denied. The facts are stated in the opinion. upon a petition for a rehearing, cites the following authorities: 1., That the judgment of the district court complained of by-plaintiff, is void for want of jurisdiction over the person of the plaintiff.

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ORIGINAL application for writ of review denied. The facts are stated in the opinion. upon a petition for a rehearing, cites the following authorities: 1., That the judgment of the district court complained of by-plaintiff, is void for want of jurisdiction over the person of the plaintiff. “The court cannot act upon persons who are not. legally before it, upon one who is not a party to the suit, upon a plaintiff who has not invoked its arbitrament, or upon a defendant who has never ieen notified, upon a subject which does not fall,, within the province as defined or limited by law*…

1Opinion of the CourtSullivan, C. J.

This is an original application for a writ of review to the judge of the district court of the third judicial district of the state of Idaho, in and for Washington county. The facts of the case axe substantially as follows: The said abstract company is a corporation doing a general abstract-' business in the said county of Washington; that in the year 1903,-the assessor and tax collector of said coiinty assessed, for gen-’ eral taxation purposes, the abstract-books belonging to said cómj)any at the valuation of $1,000; that thereafter andón or about’ the eighteenth day of July, 1903, ¿aid…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Gold Hunter Mining & Smelting Co. v. HollemanIdaho Supreme Court · 1891
  2. Starkweather v. SeeleyNew York Supreme Court · 1865

3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Roosma v. MootsIdaho Supreme Court · 1941
  2. Kondas v. Washoe County BankNevada Supreme Court · 1927
  3. Dowd v. Estate of DowdIdaho Supreme Court · 1940
  4. In Re BladesIdaho Supreme Court · 1939
  5. Raper v. DunnOregon Supreme Court · 1909

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