Legal Opinion

State ex rel. Teeter v. Superior Court

Washington Supreme Court

Decided March 17, 1920No. 15715PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Application filed in the supreme court January 9, 1920, for a writ of prohibition to prevent the superior court for Chelan county, Grimshaw, J., from proceed- ing with an action on contract.

1Opinion of the CourtFullerton, J.

On December 31,1918, the Columbia Valley Bank, as trustee, filed a complaint in the superior court of Chelan county in which it sought to recover against the relator upon two promissory notes. No service of summons was had upon him within ninety days after the filing of the complaint, nor until June 23, 1919, when service was made by leaving a copy of the summons and complaint at the house of his usual abode with a person of suitable age and dis*256cretion then resident therein, to wit, his wife. After the service, the relator appeared specially in the action and moved to qnash the same, which…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Blalock v. CondonWashington Supreme Court · 1909
  2. McPhee v. NidaWashington Supreme Court · 1910
  3. Bay View Brewing Co. v. GrubbWashington Supreme Court · 1903
  4. State ex rel. Vincent v. BensonWashington Supreme Court · 1899

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Davis v. NielsonCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1973
  2. State ex rel. Canadian Greyhound Lines, Ltd. v. Superior CourtWashington Supreme Court · 1946
  3. Burns v. StolzeWashington Supreme Court · 1920
  4. Boyle v. ClarkWashington Supreme Court · 1955
  5. State Ex Rel. Grays Harbor Railway & Light Co. v. DenneyWashington Supreme Court · 1929

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