State Ex Rel. Philips v. Hall

Relators filed in this court their application for a writ of mandate requiring the trial court to enter an order dismissing, for want of prosecution, an action pending before the superior court, pursuant to Rule III, Rules of Practice (Rem. Rev. Stat. (Sup.), § 308-3), effective August 1, 1938.

During the month of February, 1932, George S. Ellis et al., claiming to be the distributees under the will of George A. Shoemaker, deceased, instituted an action before the superior court for King county, being cause No. 250151 of the files of that court, against Calvin Philips et al., asking for…