State Ex Rel. Hale v. Long

36 Wn.2d 432 (1950)

218 P.2d 884

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, on the Relation of Mary Jane Hale, Plaintiff,

v.

WILLIAM G. LONG, as Judge of the Superior Court for King County, Respondent.[1]

No. 31400.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc..

May 22, 1950.

Stanley C. Soderland, for relator.

Jonson & Jonson and Mary K. Sanders, for respondent.

SCHWELLENBACH, J.

September 20, 1949, Honorable James W. Hodson signed and entered a decree of divorce in a matter heard in King county entitled, "Donald Hale, Plaintiff, v. Mary Jane Hale, Defendant." The decree granted a divorce to both parties. It also provided:

"De…