State ex rel. Nolte v. Superior Court
State ex rel. Nolte v. Superior Court
Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
This is an application for a writ of prohibition based upon the following facts: One Byers obtained a judgment in the superior court of King county against one Nolte, and thereafter caused a writ of garnishment to he issued against the Eureka Coal Company. Said company appeared and answered, de
The court had no authority to proceed in anj' other way than the regular one, by the service of the process provided by statute, to make the relator a party, and the writ should issue, with costs against the plaintiff in the original action.
Hoyt, C. J., and Anders and Dunbar, JJ., concur.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- The State of Washington, on the Relation of Mary Nolte v. Superior Court of King County, J. W. Langley, Judge
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- 5 cases
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- Published
- Syllabus
- GARNISHMENT — BRINGING IN NEW PARTIES — PROCESS — WRIT OP PROHIBITION— COSTS. The superior court has no authority in a garnishment proceeding to make an order directing that a person not regularly served shall be made a party defendant, although it may appear from the answer or , examination of the garnishee that such person is a necessary party. Upon the issuance of a writ of prohibition restraining action on the part of the superior court, the costs should be taxed against the party in the original action at whose instance the court was proceeding unlawfully.