State ex rel. Boardman v. Ball
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from Superior Court, Fierce County. Proceeding in contempt based upon the failure of appellant to comply with a judgment in an action by E. A. Lorenz against the First Bank of Orting, in which the relator had been appointed receiver.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Anders, C. J.
The learned judge who tried this cause seems to have proceeded upon the theory that the judgment rendered in the case of Lorenz v. First Bank of Orting was binding upon the appellant, to the extent at least of authorizing the court to include therein the order complained of, simply because the appellant was, at that time, an officer of the defendant corporation.
This is, we think, an erroneous conception of the law applicable to the case. The appellant was not a party to that action, was not served with process therein, and no relief was…
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