State Ex Rel. Lockhart v. Claypool

By this action the relator seeks a writ of prohibition directed to the court commissioner for King county.

The matter which it is claimed the court commissioner has no power or right to hear involves the modification of a divorce decree as applied to alimony, when the provision for such modification was reserved in the original decree of divorce.

The question here to be determined is the extent of the powers of the court commissioner. To determine this question, resort must be first made to the constitution. Section 23, of art. IV, thereof provides:

“There may he appointed in each county, by the…