Legal Opinion

City of North Yakima ex rel. Whitson v. Superior Court

Washington Supreme Court

Decided August 3, 1892No. 646PublishedCited by 23 opinions

Original Application for Prohibition.

1Opinion of the Court

*656The opinion of the court was delivered by

Hoyt, J. —

By this proceeding, petitioner seeks to prohibit the superior court of King county from proceeding in a certain action therein pending against the city of North Yakima, on the ground that said court has no jurisdiction. Some questions are raised as to the regularity of the issuance and service of the alternative writ, but, in our opinion, the questions thus presented are not of sufficient importance to require special consideration at our hands, or to prevent a hearing upon the merits.

The jurisdiction of the court below to proceed in the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Lehigh County v. KlecknerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1843
  2. Heckscher v. City of PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1887

3Cited by23 opinions

  1. Williams v. City of Lake CitySupreme Court of Florida · 1953
  2. State ex rel. King County v. Superior CourtWashington Supreme Court · 1918
  3. Ralph v. Department of Natural ResourcesWashington Supreme Court · 2014
  4. Howe v. Whitman CountyWashington Supreme Court · 1922
  5. Cugini v. the Apex Mercury Min. Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1946

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