PETRICH, J.
Grays Harbor County Superior Court issued writs of prohibition staying further proceedings in the City of Hoquiam's Municipal Court against Lois Strid and Zena Beach for violating the city's municipal code. The Superior Court reasoned that the city's municipal court had been superseded by the justice court act and thus lacked jurisdiction to resolve the alleged violations.
Hoquiam presents two issues: (1) whether the writs of
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