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· 10/31/1905

State ex rel. Wyman, Partridge & Co. v. Superior Court

Citations

  • 40 Wash. 443
  • 82 P. 875
  • 1905 Wash. LEXIS 1001

Syllabus

<p>Mandamus — To Prevent Change oe Venue — Adequacy oe Remedy by Appeal. If a court has exclusive jurisdiction of a cause without power to order a change of venue, mandamus is the proper remedy to compel it to proceed with the trial after improperly granting a change of venue, the remedy by appeal not being adequate.</p> <p>Venue — Change oe — In Garnishment Proceedings — Statute— Construction. Bal. Code, § 4857, authorizing a change of venue where an impartial trial cannot otherwise be had or where convenience and justice will be forwarded by the change, applies to garnishment proceedings; since the statute is in furtherance of justice and should be liberally construed.</p>

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  • \At common law the father has the paramount right to the custody and control of his legitimate minor children... .\
  • \At common law the father has the paramount right to the custody and control of his minor children... .\

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Judges: Rudkin

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