State ex rel. Gillespie v. Kuykendall

Citations

• 117 Wash. 415
• 201 P. 778
• 1921 Wash. LEXIS 883

Syllabus

<p>Prohibition (15, 20, 37) — To Officers — Want or Excess of Jurisdiction — Return or Answer — Effect of Demurrer. Prohibition lies against the director of public works where he is threatening, without or in excess of his jurisdiction, to accept insurance policies issued by an automobile insurance exchange which has no articles of incorporation and is not licensed to do business in the state, in violation of Laws 1921, p. 341, § 5, which requires for hire owners or operators to furnish security by an insurance company licensed to write liability insurance in the state of Washington, or a surety bond of a company licensed to write surety bonds in the state.</p>