State Ex Rel. Goodwin v. Savidge

This is an original application for a peremptory writ of mandate to compel C. V. Savidge, as commissioner of public lands, to issue to the relator a lease for the purpose of mining and the extraction of petroleum and natural gas.

The Attorney General, appearing upon behalf of respondent, has demurred upon the ground that the application should have been filed in the superior court in the first instance, relying upon State ex rel. Ottesen v. Clausen, 124 Wash. 389, 214 Pac. 635. We think this contention should be sustained. This court bas heretofore taken jurisdiction of many cases of tbis…