State ex rel. Griffith v. Superior Court

This is an original application for a writ of prohibition. In May, 1912, one Leva Griffith began an action in the superior court of the county of Pierce against her husband, Daniel Griffith, for a divorce, setting forth in her complaint certain allegations of fact which if proven would entitle her to the relief sought. Issue was taken in the complaint by the defendant and a trial had before the court, in which the evidence of the respective parties was given orally and taken down by a stenographer employed by the defendant Daniel Griffith. At the conclusion of the trial, the court determined…