STATE EX REL. ALLIED ETC. v. SUP'R CT. FOR KING CTY.

No. 32684.

44 Wn.2d 39 (1953)

265 P.2d 261

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, on the Relation of Allied Building Credits, Inc., Plaintiff, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR KING COUNTY, Howard M. Findley, Judge, Respondent.

The Supreme Court of Washington, Department One.

December 31, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wayne A. Wyman, for relator.

Charles O. Carroll and F.A. Walterskirchen, for respondent.


OLSON, J.

After an order of default is entered in an action on a promissory note, may the trial court decline to enter a proposed judgment for plaintiff, unless proof is submitted to establish the amount of such judgment, when such amount cannot be determined either from the instrument itself or from the complaint?

Relator, in its action on a promissory note, prayed for judgment in the principal sum of $925.75, together with "late charges" in the sum of $32...

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