Wash. Rev. Code § 4.84.050

Limited to one of several actions

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When several actions are brought on one bond, undertaking, promissory note, bill of exchange, or other instrument in writing, or in any other case for the same cause of action against several parties, who might have been joined as defendants in the same action, no costs or disbursements shall be allowed to the plaintiff in more than one of such actions, which may be at his or her election, if the parties proceeded against in the other actions were, at the commencement of the previous action, openly within this state.
[ 2011 c 336 s 121; Code 1881 s 509; 1877 p 108 s 513; 1869 p 123 s 461; 1854 p 202 s 371; RRS s 478.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1999–2017 · leading case: Heal v. GROWTH MANAGEMENT HEARINGS BD.
Heal v. GROWTH MANAGEMENT HEARINGS BD. (1999) washctapp “The trial court remanded to the Board for review of the Resolution and Ordinance based on the court's ruling.”
Elliott Bay Adjustment Co., Inc., Res. v. Caren Dacumos (2017) washctapp “On appeal, the court determined Higgins was entitled to an award of fees under RCW 4.84.050 and remanded for redetermination of the amount.”
AllianceOne Receivables Mgmt., Inc. v. Lewis (2014) wash “3 Division Two of the Court of Appeals has not directly addressed the issue, but it has cited Cork approvingly in dictum in Beckman, 96 Wn.”
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