Kirby v. Pease

Citations

• 33 Wash. 511
• 74 P. 665
• 1903 Wash. LEXIS 546

Syllabus

<p>Actions—Bab by Peevious Suit—Dismissal—Geounds or Motion—Phohibited Litigation. Where the superior court has once litigated the question of the death of a party, and has been prohibited by the supreme court from relitigating the same, it is justified in granting a motion to dismiss an action brought to relitigate the question, as “impertinent, vexatious, and contemptuous,” since any sufficient ground may be stated.</p>