State ex rel. Bannick v. Pierce, 24730.

• Decision Date: 22 December 1933
• Docket Number: 24730.
• Citation: 28 P.2d 110,175 Wash. 700
• Parties: The STATE of Washington on the relation of Claude G. BANNICK, as Sheriff of King County, Washington, Respondent, v. Clarence W. PIERCE, Justice of the Peace, Morningside Precinct, King County, Washington, Appellant.
• Court: Washington Supreme Court

28 P.2d 110

175 Wash. 700

The STATE of Washington on the relation of Claude G. BANNICK, as Sheriff of King County, Washington, Respondent, v. Clarence W. PIERCE, Justice of the Peace, Morningside Precinct, King County, Washington, Appellant.

No. 24730.

Supreme Court of Washington

December 22, 1933

Department 1.

Appeal from Superior Court, King County; J. T. Ronald, judge.

H. E. Foster, of Seattle, for appellant.

Robert M. Burgunder and Ben A. Maslan, both of Seattle, for respondent.

PER CURIAM.

The petition of Claude G. Bannick, sheriff for King county, to the superior court for King county, for a writ of prohibition to prevent Clarence W. Pierce, a justice of the peace for Morningside precinct, King county, from holding the petitioner in contempt of court, was granted. The justice of the peace has appealed.

This is a companion case to that of State ex rel. Maslan v. Pierce, 172 Wash. ----, 28 P.2d 109, just decided, and, upon the authority of that case, the order from which the appeal is prosecuted is affirmed.