State Ex Rel. Mower v. SUP'R CT. FOR PIERCE CTY.

This is an application for a writ of prohibition to prevent the superior court of Pierce county from proceeding with the trial of a certain condemnation case after having overruled relators’ demurrer to the park district’s petition. An order to show cause why such relief should not be granted was issued in this court. The record made in the superior court in the condemnation case is before us, and the matter has been submitted to us upon briefs and oral argument.

The petition filed in the superior court by the condemnor alleges that it is a metropolitan park district, owning and operating…