State Ex Rel. Onishi v. Superior Court

Relators (Charles Onishi and Frieda Onishi, husband and wife) seek a writ of prohibition to restrain the superior court for King county from entering an order requiring relator. Charles Onishi, who is not within the state of Washington, to appear in Seattle and submit to an oral examination prior to trial of an action in which rela-tors are parties defendant or, in the alternative, the answer of relators would be stricken and relators adjudged to be in default.

Relators, who are residents of Spokane and defendants in an action instituted by William Chong in the superior court for King county…