Lauer v. Freudenthal

Citations

• 96 Wash. 394
• 165 P. 98
• 1917 Wash. LEXIS 1150

Syllabus

<p>Courts — Comity—Pending Action In Another State. Under the doctrine of comity between states, the courts of this state will not entertain an action to recover property fraudulently concealed by a husband in an action for divorce in a sister state, where it appears that the divorce action was still pending and that by the decree the plaintiff was given permission to apply to that court to secure her rights in any property fraudulently concealed, that the identical matter had already been submitted to that court and considered, and that no property had been discovered since the entry of the decree, and it was not alleged that any property belonging to the defendant had ever been in this state.</p>