INTERNAT'L TRACERS v. Hard

89 Wn.2d 140 (1977)

570 P.2d 131

INTERNATIONAL TRACERS OF AMERICA, Appellant,

v.

ESTATE OF ERIC HARD, ET AL, Respondents.

No. 44624.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

October 13, 1977.

Buzzard & Glenn, P.S., by Frank E. Morris and Jerome L. Buzzard, for appellant.

Fred D. Gentry (of Bean, Gentry & Rathbone), for respondent Johnson.

Layman, Mullin & Etter and Frank J. Gebhardt, for respondents Heehn, et al.

HOROWITZ, J.

The principal issue here is the constitutionality of RCW 63.28.330, which places a 5 percent limit on fees a person can recover for locating property that he knows has already been…