State Ex Rel. Pirak v. Schoettler

This proceeding was instituted to prohibit the state director of fisheries from issuing licenses for the use of reef nets in the catching of salmon. An alternative writ of prohibition was granted ex parte on March 31, 1954. The Washington Reef Net Owners Association and the Puget Sound Reef Netters Union, Local 44, both voluntary associations, were permitted to intervene. A demurrer was interposed and sustained on April 26, 1954, at which time the alternative writ of prohibition was quashed and the action dismissed. The judgment of dismissal is before us for review on a writ of certiorari…