Morse v. Morris
Citations
- 57 Wash. 43
- 106 P. 468
- 1910 Wash. LEXIS 690
Syllabus
<p>Homesteads — Exemption — Detached Tracts — Statutes — Construction. Under Rem. & Bal. Code, § 528, defining a homestead as the dwelling house in which the claimant resides and the land on which the same is situated, to be selected as in the act provided, and Rem. & Bal. Code, § 552, providing that lands and tenements, not exceeding in value two thousand dollars, actually intended and used exclusively for a home may be selected, a homestead may consist of lots in one block upon which the dwelling is situated, and lots in an adjoining block, separated from the dwelling and by an alley, used as a garden, orchard, and chicken run.</p>
How courts have described this case
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- holding that if service is attempted under Rule 4(c)(3)(A), the mailing “must be properly addressed to the person authorized to receive process on behalf of the corporation and actually delivered to that address.”
- declining to consider the argument that the defendant had waived its statute of limitations defense because the waiver argument had not been raised in the trial court
- stating “we need not consider this issue, which has been raised for the first time on appeal”
- “colorable-defense prong is the most important factor”
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Judges: Chadwick
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