STATE v. SATIACUM

No. 33545.

50 Wn.2d 513 (1957)

314 P.2d 400

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Appellant, v. ROBERT SATIACUM et al., Respondents.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

July 1, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. O'Connell, John A. Petrich, Keith D. McGoffin, and John G. McCutcheon, for appellant.

Malcom Stewart McLeod and Wing C. Luke, for respondents.

John J. O'Connell, Joseph T. Mijich, Nathan G. Richardson, Arthur Lazarus, Jr., and Theodore H. Little, amici curiae.


DONWORTH, J.

The only question presented on this appeal involves the right of defendants, who are Puyallup Indians, to fish on the Puyallup river during the closed season (1) within the exterior boundaries of the original Puyallup Indian reservation, and (2) "at all usual and accustomed fishing grounds and stations" under the treaty of Medicine Creek of 1855. 10 Stat. 1132.

Defendants were jointly charged by amended complaint in justice court with five counts...

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