State ex rel. Howell v. Superior Court for King County

Citations

• 82 Wash. 356
• 144 P. 291
• 1914 Wash. LEXIS 1523

Syllabus

<p>Venue — Change—Right in Local Actions. A change of venue in local as well as transitory actions is properly grantahle on any of the grounds allowed by Rem. & Bal. Code, § 209, in view of Id., § 210, which provides that, if the action is one where the county designated in the complaint is not the proper county, the change shall be made to the county where the action ought to have been commenced, and in other cases the cause must be transferred to the most convenient county.</p> <p>Same — Local Actions — Jurisdiction After Change. Under Rem. & Bal. Code, § 215, providing that the court to which an action is transferred has and exercises over the same the like jurisdiction as if it had been originally commenced therein, the transfer of a local action invests the court to which change of venue has been made with the same jurisdiction theretofore held by the court ordering the change.</p>