Lindsley v. Union Silver Star Mining Co.

Citations

• 26 Wash. 301
• 66 P. 382
• 1901 Wash. LEXIS 644

Syllabus

<p>COURTS-EXTRA TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION.</p> <p>A court of one state has no jurisdiction of an action whose subject matter involves primarily the right of possession of a mining claim in another state, although the necessary parties are before it, where tne possession is not incidental to the enforcement of a contract, or of a trust, or of relief from fraud, since it is only in cases involving equitable principles that a court can adjudicate upon property lying beyond its territory or jurisdiction.</p>