State ex rel. News Publishing Co. v. Milligan

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dunbar, J. —

This is a motion to re-tax the costs in the above entitled action and to modify the judgment herein rendered, in this: That the judgment for costs awarded by the court in favor of appellant may be awarded against the State of Washington, instead of against the News Publishing Company, the relators herein. The appeal was from contempt proceedings, and while it is true that the relators were parties in interest to the suit out of which the contempt proceeding grew, yet the proceeding is of a criminal nature, and the general public are no less…