ORDELL v. GADDIS

No. 48646-8.

99 Wn.2d 409 (1983)

662 P.2d 49

DAVID J. ORDELL, ET AL, Appellants, v. STEPHEN M. GADDIS, ET AL, Respondents.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

April 28, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David J. Ordell, William T. Lawrie, and Gary L. Brown, pro se.

Norm Maleng, Prosecuting Attorney, and Fred A. Kaseburg, Deputy, for respondents.


BRACHTENBACH, J.

This case concerns court commissioners and raises three main issues. First, can the superior court appoint commissioners pro tempore to sit in place of temporarily absent court commissioners who have been appointed pursuant to Const. art. 4, § 23 and RCW 2.24.010? Second, does Const. art. 4, § 23 limit each county to three court commissioners? Third, is a family law commissioner, appointed under RCW 26.12, a "commissioner" within the numerical...

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