State Ex Rel. De Lape v. Superior Court

The relator, Be Lape, seeks in this court a writ of mandate requiring the superior court for King county to transfer to the superior court for Spokane county an action commenced against him in the superior court for King county by Charles S. Best Co., a corporation. Be Lape rests his claimed right to have the action so transferred upon the ground that it is transitory, and that he was at the time of its commencement a resident of Spokane county.

The facts which we regard as decisive of De Lape’s claimed right, appearing undisputed in the record before us, may be summarized .as follows: On…