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STATE EX REL. ZEMPEL v. TWITCHELL

No. 35956.

59 Wn.2d 419 (1962)

367 P.2d 985

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, on the Relation of Arnold R. Zempel, Plaintiff, v. ROBERT TWITCHELL, Defendant and Relator, THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR SNOHOMISH COUNTY, William J. Wilkins, Judge, Respondent.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

January 12, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Quo warranto to vacate the office of a public official. Defendant petitioned for a review of a judgment of ouster.

Clay Nixon and Robert L. Butler, for relator.

Arnold R. Zempel and Russell C. Jefferson, for respondent.

FINLEY, C.J.

In this certiorari action the petitioner seeks to void a decree of the superior court in quo warranto proceedings ousting him from the office of county sheriff. The facts and events leading to review here by certiorari are as follows:

On January 22, 1960, a Snohomish County Grand Jury indicted Robert Twitchell, the relator herein. In three separate counts the indictment charged that Twitchell, while serving as the duly elected sheriff for...

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