State ex rel. McBride v. Superior Court
Washington Supreme Court
Application filed in the supreme court July 23, 1918, to prohibit the superior court for King county from releasing on habeas corpus a person detained in quarantine by order of the boards of health of the city of Seattle and of the state of Washington.
1Opinion of the CourtChadwick, J.
— This case grows out of and demands a construction of the quarantine regulations of the city of Seattle and the state law creating a state board of health and defining its powers and duties.
On the 11th day of April, 1918, one Francis Williams was arrested charged with a violation of Ordinance No. 16,046 of the city of Seattle. On the 14th day of April, Williams was given over to the health commissioner of the city for examination. The health commissioner found Williams to be afflicted with a dangerous, infectious and contagious disease known as syphilis, whereupon he was committed to the…
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