State Ex Rel. McCool v. Small Claims Court

This is an appeal from a superior court order dismissing a writ of certiorari initially issued to review an order of the small claims department of a district court which had ordered a new trial in that department of the court.

Mr. McCool was a defendant in an action tried before Judge Harry Holloway III in the small claims department-of Jefferson County District Court of Port Townsend. During the trial, Mrs. Hixson, the plaintiff’s wife, made reference to the fact that she was acquainted with and was a. special friend of the other judge of that court. After hearing all the evidence, the court…