King County Superior Court
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- Feb 19, 1885A Home Lost to Debt in Early SeattleA legal notice for a Sheriff's Sale reveals the precarious nature of property ownership and domestic stability in late 19th-century Seattle.Seattle, WA
- Jan 5, 1892A State Mourns Its Most Prominent LawyerWhen Colonel John Charles Haines died in 1892, Seattle’s legal and civic community ground to a halt, organizing a massive public funeral that served as a rare, unified display of civic mourning.Columbia Street, Seattle, WA
- Jul 20, 1894A Seattle Divorce Trial Turned a Woman’s Private Life Into a Public SpectacleMrs. Steel spent hours on the stand denying adultery with Mr. Dugan, while a Black witness’s testimony exposed the racial boundaries of respectable Seattle.Superior Court of Washington for King County, Seattle, WA
- Jul 20, 1894100 Miners Take a Receiver to Court Over Cut Wages—and the Company StoreA petition filed in King County Superior Court says a coal company's receiver cut pay, forced miners to shop at his store, and fired a man who refused to back his candidate for police justice.Superior Court of Washington for King County, Seattle, WA
- Jul 24, 1894A Black Miner’s Last Chance: Court Refuses William Holmes a New TrialConvicted of killing William B. Russell in a drunken brawl at Franklin, Holmes loses his bid for a new trial—then his lawyers challenge the court’s jurisdiction.King County Courthouse, Seattle, WA
- Mar 23, 1895A Daughter's $750 Secret: Seattle Heiress Sues Her Father's EstateLucy Sprague says her father, a celebrated general, sold her Ohio inheritance when she was a child and kept the money—and the guardianship—hidden for decades.Superior Court of Washington for King County, Seattle, WA
- Apr 3, 1895A Widow’s Two Wills, a Husband’s Challenge, and a Fortune Tied to SeattleDr. Aaron Baldwin contests the estate of Lena Shay Baldwin, arguing that property left to her Seattle siblings was really his—and that the case belongs in Washington, D.C., not King County.Superior Court of Washington for King County, Seattle, WA
- Apr 16, 1895The Reverend’s Estate: A Seattle Administrator Accused of Paying Himself FirstRev. L. Parker wants the court to approve his accounts, but a special administrator says he spent estate money without permission, inflated legal fees, and sent a mortgage to his brother in Canada.Superior Court of Washington for King County, Seattle, WA
- Jul 27, 1903A Night Fall Into a Seattle Ditch—and the Supreme Court's Hard AnswerAllie Hobert knew the ditch was there. The state Supreme Court ruled that knowledge barred her $1,750 claim against the city.Seattle, WA