State Ex Rel. Vandervort v. Grant

This is a mandamus action instituted by a taxpayer to require the removal of market stalls, as a public nuisance, from the west sidewalk of Pike place, a public street of the city-of Seattle. From judgment ordering removal of the stalls, the defendant members of the board of public works and the intervening defendants have appealed.

Pike place is a public street and runs in a northerly and southerly direction. Pike street runs in an easterly and westerly direction. Pike place extends from Pike street to a point two hundred feet north of Stewart street. Along the westerly side of Pike place and…