Roediger v. Cullen

Counting both husbands and wives, there are no less than thirty-four parties to this appeal. Unusually large as that number is, it is insignificant when compared to the number of persons, not parties, who have a real and vital interest in its result. Indeed, it is at least technically true that every person in the world has an interest at stake.

All of the record parties are property owners in a saltwater beach community on the southerly shore of Vashon island. The plaintiffs sought a decree in the trial court establishing an alleged prescriptive right to use a footpath across the properties…