Lowry v. Moore

Citations

• 16 Wash. 476
• 48 P. 238
• 1897 Wash. LEXIS 346

Syllabus

<p>PLEADING — STATUTES OF ANOTHER STATE — WRITTEN INTERROGATORIES '—STRIKING EVASIVE ANSWERS.</p> <p>Where a party relies upon the statute of a sister state, he must, in the absence of statutory provisions to the contrary, plead it as he would any other fact, not by stating what in the opinion of the pleader is its effect, but the statute itself should be set forth.</p> <p>The action of the court in striking answers to written interrogatories is not erroneous, when the interrogatories were directed to facts within the knowledge of the party and the answers returned by him are plainly evasive and made with intent to conceal instead of disclosing the facts within his knowledge.</p>