State Ex Rel. Randall v. Snohomish County

Snohomish County appeals from a judgment nullifying its “rural use” zone classification as applied to plaintiff property owners. Plaintiffs commenced two actions, one seeking review by certiorari of the county’s denial of their application for rezone, the other seeking a declaratory judgment that the county’s “rural use” zoning resolutions are void. The actions were consolidated for trial, but plaintiffs abandoned the certiorari proceedings; so the issues before the trial court and before us relate solely to the declaratory judgment action.

Prior to 1957, plaintiffs acquired about 37 acres in…