State v. Darwin
Decision Date | 01 August 1914 |
Docket Number | 11815. |
Citation | 142 P. 441,81 Wash. 1 |
Court | Washington Supreme Court |
Parties | STATE ex rel. PACIFIC AMERICAN FISHERIES et al. v. DARWIN, State Fish Com'r. |
Department 2. Mandamus on the relation of the Pacific American Fisheries and another against Lester H. Darwin, State Fish Commissioner. Application denied.
Kerr & McCord, of Seattle, for petitioners.
Frank W. Bixby, of Bellingham, for respondent.
This is an original application for a writ of mandamus. The affidavit on which the application for the writ is founded, is as follows:
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