Legal Opinion

State ex rel. Foster v. Superior Court

Washington Supreme Court

Decided April 13, 1917No. 14025PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Application filed in the supreme court March 3, 1917, for a writ of mandate to compel the granting of a change of judges for the hearing of a motion to modify a decree of divorce.

1Opinion of the Court

Parker, J. —

The relator, Carl W. Foster, seeks a writ of mandate in this court to compel the superior court for Clarke county, and R. H. Back, judge thereof, to cause to be heard by another judge his application for a modification of the decree of divorce, rendered by that court in the case of Marie E. Foster v. Carl W. Foster, in so far as the decree deprives him of the custody of his child. The application for change of judge was made under Rem. Code, §§ 209-1, 209-2.

The facts appearing in the record before us, which includes the answer and return of Judge Back to our alternative writ of…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. State ex rel. Lefebvre v. CliffordWashington Supreme Court · 1911
  2. Bedolfe v. BedolfeWashington Supreme Court · 1912
  3. Dubois v. JohnsonIndiana Supreme Court · 1884
  4. Cooper v. CooperWashington Supreme Court · 1914
  5. State v. Superior CourtWashington Supreme Court · 1914

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. State Ex Rel. Mauerman v. SUP'R CT. FOR THURSTON CTY.Washington Supreme Court · 1954
  2. Gibson v. Superior Court for Pierce CountyCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1971
  3. State v. FrenchCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1997
  4. Price v. FeatherstoneIdaho Supreme Court · 1942
  5. In Re HiebertCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1981

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