[WSBAPT] Power of Attorney Service Question

[Marcus Fry]

I am aware of the Scott v. Goldman case that holds that you cannot effectuate service on a power of attorney unless the POA expressly authorizes the POA to accept service.  My question is what if the suit is on a contract where the POA signed as POA.  I recognize the POA is not personally liable, but the POA was the one that executed the contract fbo principal.  Can the POA be served with a suit against the principal in this situation even if the POA does not expressly authorize acceptance of service?

Marcus J. Fry
Lyon, Weigand & Gustafson, P.S.
P.O. Box 1689
Yakima, Washington  98907
Telephone:  (509) 248-7220
Facsimile:  (509) 575-1883

NOTICES:
Confidentiality: This e-mail transmission may contain information which is protected by attorney-client, work product and/or other privileges.  If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, or taking of any action in reliance on the contents, is strictly prohibited.  If you have received this transmission in error, please contact us immediately and return the e-mail to us by choosing Reply (or the corresponding function on your e-mail system) and then deleting the e-mail.

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mailman.fsr.com/pipermail/wsbapt/attachments/20151211/e19bfed5/attachment.html>