Coffin v. Blackwell

It is conceived that the subjoined statement (except as otherwise specifically noted) presents undisputed record facts.

This suit was waged to enjoin the superintendent of buildings,' the fire marshal, and the chief of the fire department, officers of the city of Seattle, from closing a building, referred to in the complaint, in an effort to enforce compliance with a notice and directions that certain alterations and changes be made in that building. One Angie B. Collins, sometimes referred to as the John Collins Estate, was originally made a party defendant, but, prior to the trial, was…