Legal Opinion · Concurrence
State ex rel. Lytle v. Superior Court
Washington Supreme Court
Decided August 3, 1909No. 8146Published
Application filed in the supreme court June 12, 1909, for a writ of prohibition to prevent the superior court' for Chehalis comity, Irwin, J., from approving or acting upon the division of Chehalis county into judicial districts, under Laws 1909, p. 82.
1ConcurrenceChadwick, J.
(concurring) — It is provided, in § 5, art. 4, of the constitution:
“There shall be in each of the organized counties of this state a superior court, for which at least one judge shall be elected by the qualified electors of the county at the general state election: ... In any county where there shall be more than one superior judge, there may be as many sessions of the superior court at the same time as there are judges thereof, and whenever the governor shall direct a superior judge to hold court in any county other than that for which he has been elected, there may be as many sessions of…
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