State ex rel. Seaborn Shipyards Co. v. Superior Court

Citations

• 102 Wash. 215
• 172 P. 826
• 1918 Wash. LEXIS 887

Syllabus

<p>Forcible Entry and Detainer — Relief — Amendment of Complaint. An action for unlawful detainer may not, by amendment of tbe complaint, be changed, over the defendant’s objection by demurrer thereto, to an action for equitable relief; and the court having jurisdiction only by a strict compliance with the statute, has no power to grant injunctive relief.</p> <p>Prohibition—When Lies—To Courts. Prohibition lies to prevent a superior court, having jurisdiction only for the purpose of determining issues in unlawful detainer, from granting injunctive relief, under an attempted amendment over defendant’s objection.</p>