State Ex Rel. Goodnow v. O'Phelan

A petition was filed in this court for a writ of mandamus to compel respondent, as judge of the superior court for Grays Harbor county, to dismiss, for want of prosecution, an action pending in that court. In response to an order to show cause, issued by the chief justice, respondent filed an answer and return. A transcript of the proceedings in the superior court has also been filed herein.

The facts presented by the record before us are as follows: On October 29,1938, one Adelbert Doddridge, as plaintiff, filed in the superior court for Grays Harbor county a complaint against petitioner…