Groundwater v. Town

Citations

• 93 Wash. 384
• 160 P. 1055
• 1916 Wash. LEXIS 1211

Syllabus

<p>Process — Privilege—Nonresidents—Attendance at Court — Reasonable Time. Immunity of a nonresident from the service of summons, claimed by him on the ground that he was temporarily in this state for the purpose of attending upon, and redeeming property from, an execution sale, is not established where it appears that no redemption was made while he was in the state, and that he spent twenty-four days in the state arranging a trade of his property and remained in the state at least twenty-four hours after his business was concluded before starting to return; since more than a reasonable time elapsed without offering excusatory facts or circumstances.</p>