GRIFFITH v. CITY OF BELLEVUE

No. 63230-8.

922 P.2d 83 (1996)

130 Wash.2d 189

Dale G. GRIFFITH and Sandra Griffith, husband and wife; H. Graham Gaiser and Carol L. Gaiser, husband and wife; William B. Chatalas and Susan A. Chatalas, husband and wife; Esther M. Holmes, a single woman; and James G. Scott and Barbara H. Scott, husband and wife, Petitioners, v. CITY OF BELLEVUE, a Municipal corporation; and Greacen Construction, Inc., a Washington corporation, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided September 12, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Office of J. Richard Aramburu, J. R. Aramburu, Seattle, for petitioners.

Lori M. Riordan, Asst. City Atty.; Perkins Coie, by Suzanne M. Larsen and Robert G. Lutz, Bellevue, for respondents.


JOHNSON, Justice.

The question presented in this case is whether a petition for a statutory writ of certiorari should be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction when the petition and affidavit are timely filed and served but the affidavit is not signed by the beneficially interested party as required by RCW 7.16.050. The Superior Court dismissed the petition on the basis the missing signature on the verification deprived the court of jurisdiction. The Court of Appeals...

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