Case Name: P. V. Dwyer et al., Appellants, v. A. F. Schlumpf et al., Respondents
Court: Washington Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Washington
Decision Date: 1893-03-06
Citations: 6 Wash. 25
Docket Number: No. 726
Parties: P. V. Dwyer et al., Appellants, v. A. F. Schlumpf et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Washington Reports
Volume: 6
Pages: 25–26

Head Matter:
[No. 726.
Decided March 6, 1893.]
P. V. Dwyer et al., Appellants, v. A. F. Schlumpf et al., Respondents.
APPEAL — NOTICE BEFORE JUDGMENT AGAINST ALL DEPENDANTS.
Notice of appeal given before final judgment has been entered against all of the defendants appearing in an action is ineffectual.
Appeal from Superior Oou/rt, Ki/ng Gov/nty.
Burke, Shepard & Woods, for appellants.
Struve & McMicken, James Kiefer, Fishback & Hardin, and White & Munday, for respondents.

Opinion:
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Hoyt, J.
The record in this case shows that the notice of appeal was given before final judgment had been entered against all of the defendants who had appeared in the action. Founded upon this fact, respondents move the court to dismiss the appeal. The motion must be granted. If we consider the case as a single one as between the plaintiffs and all of the defendants, an appeal could not be taken until there had been a final disposition of the issues as to all the defendants who had appeared in the action. If treated as separate actions between the plaintiffs and each of the defendants, there should have been separate appeals. It follows that, however we construe the record, the appeal taken was ineffectual.
Dunbar, C. J., and Scott, Anders and Stiles, JJ., concur.