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· 1/21/1930

State ex rel. Department of Public Works v. Superior Court

Citations

  • 155 Wash. 296
  • 283 P. 1093
  • 1930 Wash. LEXIS 796

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • declining to “engage in [the] futile act” of remanding for “the unnecessary and useless act” of having the trial court use the precise statutory terminology in denying appellant’s claim where “there is no doubt as to the court’s justified conclusions in this regard.”
  • recusal not warranted where movant failed to allege any action taken by judge tainted by bias and record shows exemplary professionalism by judge throughout proceedings
  • trial court could hold the trustee of estate in contempt for failing to return his attorney's fees when record showed that trustee still had the specific fund in his possession
  • trial court could hold the trustee of estate in contempt for failing to return his attorney’s fees when record showed that trustee still had the specific fund in his possession

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Judges: French

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