LAWRENCE v. ISSAQUAH

No. 43116.

84 Wn.2d 146 (1974)

524 P.2d 1347

WILLIAM B. LAWRENCE, Appellant, v. THE CITY OF ISSAQUAH et al., Respondents.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

July 25, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nathan R. Thomas, for appellant.

John A. Hackett, Wayne C. Vavrichek, Slade Gorton, Attorney General, and Wayne L. Williams, Assistant, for respondents.


HUNTER, J.

This case involves a suit brought by the plaintiff (appellant), William B. Lawrence, to compel the defendants (respondents), the City of Issaquah and its Mayor and City Council, to seat him as a councilman after having been elected to that office by the people of that city. The trial court denied the relief requested by the plaintiff on the grounds that the plaintiff was ineligible to hold public office since he had not met the durational residency requirement...

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