State ex rel. Sligh v. Superior Court
State ex rel. Sligh v. Superior Court
Opinion of the Court
This is an application for a writ to prohibit the lower court from setting aside a lis pendens based upon the following facts: The appellant brought an action to subject certain property belonging to the Shelton and Southwestern Railway Company, then in the hands of a receiver, to the payment of a judgment obtained by him against the company prior to the appointment of the receiver, and said action was dismissed, whereupon he took an appeal to this court, and after taking said appeal filed a notice of lis pendens with the county auditor. An application was made to the court in said cause to cancel and
Writ denied.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- The State of Washington, on the Relation of J. E. Sligh v. Superior Court of Mason County, Hon. Charles W. Hodgdon, Judge
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- 1 case
- Status
- Published
- Syllabus
- WRIT OF PROHIBITION — TO SUPERIOR COURT — WHEN LIES. A writ of prohibition will not lie to restrain the superior court from canceling and vacating a notice of Us pendens, which had been filed by an appellant after taking an appeal from the judgment of said court, since the action of the court in such matter is reviewable upon appeal.