State Ex Rel. Ernst v. Superior Court

This is an original proceeding in this court by which relators seek the issuance of a permanent writ of prohibition restraining respondent from further proceedings in four actions brought against them.

The Prudential Insurance Company of America, the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, the Aetna Life Insurance Company, and the New England Mutual Life Insurance Company, each instituted an action in the superior court of Thurston county during the year 1938, under the provisions of the uniform declaratory judgment act of this state, Rem. Rev. Stat. (Sup.), §§ 784-1 to 784-17 [P. C. §§…