HOWLETT v. WESLO, INCORPORATION, INC.

No. 16320-2-III.

951 P.2d 831 (1998)

Victoria HOWLETT, Appellant, v. WESLO, INCORPORATION, Incorporated in Utah; Shopko, Incorporation, Incorporated in Minnesota, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 3, Panel Five.

March 3, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard G. Whitehead, Whitehead, Amberson & Caldwell, Coeur d'Alene, for Appellant.

Deborah R. McIntosh, Theodore O. Creason, Creason, Moore, Dokken & Mcintosh, Lewiston, for Respondents.


BROWN, Judge.

Does the district court have the power to order the transfer of a case to the superior court when an amended complaint is filed asking for damages exceeding the district court's jurisdictional limit? Because the district court's power in such a case is limited to dismissing the lawsuit, we decide the order transferring the case was void. Likewise, we reject Victoria Howlett's claim that the late filed complaint...

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