Langford v. Murphey

Citations

• 30 Wash. 499
• 70 P. 1112
• 1902 Wash. LEXIS 714

Syllabus

<p>ACTIONS-WANT OP PBOSECUTION-DISMISSAL.</p> <p>The dismissal of an action which had been pending for seven years without action upon defendant’s demurrer to the complaint would not be an abuse of the court’s discretion; nor would the fact that the statute permits a defendant the right to bring a case on for hearing deprive the court of its power to clear its docket of stale actions.</p>