Plumley v. Simpson

Citations

• 31 Wash. 147
• 71 P. 710
• 1903 Wash. LEXIS 596

Syllabus

<p>TRIAL-STAY OP PROCEEDINGS UNTIL PAYMENT OP COSTS IN OTHER ACTION-POWER OP COURT.</p> <p>An order of tbe court staying proceedings in an action, until a judgment against plaintiff for costs in a prior action between tbe same parties involving, tbe same subject-matter was paid, is a valid exercise of tbe court’s powers.</p> <p>SAME-RECORD IN OTHER CAUSE-JUDICIAL NOTICE.</p> <p>Tbe fact that such prior judgment was void for want of jurisdiction would not be a matter of which the trial or appellate court could take judicial notice on tbe motion for stay of proceedings, nor could such record in tbe prior cause be made available, unless introduced in evidence in tbe lower court and incorporated in tbe record on appeal.</p>