State ex rel. Wolf v. Moore

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Scott, C. J.

This is an application for a writ of mandate to compel the respondent to proceed with the trial of a cause in the superior court of Spokane county, in which the relator is plaintiff and Laura Wolferman et al. are defendants. An alternative writ was directed to issue, and the matter is now before us upon the return of the respondent thereto. Upon the showing made by the relator, it appears that he is the owner of a judgment which he claims is a lien upon certain lands owned by, or in which, the defendants have an interest; that at the time…