Legal Opinion

State ex rel. Gilbert v. Prosecuting Attorney

Washington Supreme Court

Decided August 16, 1916No. 12817PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Appeal from an order of the superior court for Spokane county, Kennan, J., entered April 5, 1915, in favor of the petitioner, directing the prosecuting attorney to institute quo warranto proceedings, after a hearing before the court.

1Opinion of the CourtEllis, J.

W. S. Gilbert, a citizen and taxpayer of Spokane county, filed a petition in the superior court of that county praying for an order against the prosecuting attorney of that county directing that officer to institute in his official capacity the necessary proceedings to inquire by what authority the Union Savings Bank, a corporation organized under the laws of this state, was exercising, or about to exercise, the functions of a banking corporation. Accompanying the petition and made a part of it was a proposed information in the nature of quo warranto, which, omitting formal parts, was as…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. State ex rel. Attorney General v. Seattle Gas & Electric Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1902
  2. Mills v. State ex rel. SmithWashington Supreme Court · 1891
  3. State ex rel. Rosbach v. PrattWashington Supreme Court · 1912
  4. State ex rel. Cummings v. BlackwellWashington Supreme Court · 1916
  5. State ex rel. White v. Point Roberts Reef Fish Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1906

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. State Ex Rel. Evans v. Brotherhood of FriendsWashington Supreme Court · 1952
  2. Green Mountain School District No. 103 v. DurkeeWashington Supreme Court · 1960
  3. State Ex Rel. Brown v. WarnockWashington Supreme Court · 1942
  4. State Ex Rel. Johnson v. LallyWashington Supreme Court · 1962
  5. GREEN MT. SCH. DIST. v. DurkeeWashington Supreme Court · 1960

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