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| Year | Stories |
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| 1854 | 20 |
| 1858 | 3 |
| 1859 | 6 |
| 1860 | 4 |
| 1861 | 18 |
| 1862 | 29 |
| 1863 | 9 |
| 1864 | 5 |
| 1865 | 1 |
| 1871 | 3 |
| 1872 | 23 |
| 1876 | 92 |
| 1877 | 78 |
| 1878 | 51 |
| 1879 | 8 |
| 1880 | 18 |
| 1882 | 16 |
| 1883 | 77 |
| 1884 | 60 |
| 1885 | 153 |
| 1886 | 97 |
| 1887 | 68 |
| 1888 | 50 |
| 1889 | 143 |
| 1890 | 16 |
| 1891 | 130 |
| 1892 | 233 |
| 1893 | 249 |
| 1894 | 270 |
| 1895 | 309 |
| 1897 | 11 |
| 1898 | 15 |
| 1899 | 40 |
| 1900 | 11 |
| 1902 | 9 |
| 1903 | 183 |
| 1904 | 82 |
| 1905 | 13 |
| 1907 | 5 |
| 1908 | 27 |
| 1909 | 157 |
| 1910 | 36 |
| 1911 | 26 |
| 1912 | 16 |
| 1914 | 23 |
| 1915 | 19 |
| 1916 | 76 |
| 1917 | 31 |
| 1918 | 3 |
| 1919 | 1 |
| 1922 | 1 |
| 1923 | 6 |
| 1924 | 10 |
| 1925 | 6 |
| 1928 | 1 |
| 1929 | 3 |
3,050 stories matching law
- The Family Tree That Became a Tangled Mess
A courtroom drama unfolds over a bizarre multi-generational marriage that left a family in civil war.
- Judge Jacobs on the Mechanics of Law
A summary of a local lecture regarding the definitions, moral obligations, and legislative powers behind the law in Seattle.
- A Mother-in-Law's Reign of Terror
A divorce filing in Seattle reveals a domestic life shattered by constant, uninvited interference from a spouse's mother.
- The Price of Meddling: Mother-in-Law Ordered to Pay for Alienating Son's Affections
After a bitter legal battle over a forced marriage and the sudden promise of Klondike gold, a young wife successfully sues her mother-in-law for shattering her home.
- The Mother-in-Law Made Me Do It: A Seattle Divorce Battle
George E. Brown denies his wife's claims of neglect, saying his mother-in-law called him a bad investment after he lost his job. His answer paints a picture of a marriage meddled with.
- End of the Salmon Ban
Local fishermen win a victory as the state repeals restrictions on salmon fishing in Puget Sound.
- German War Losses Reach Kennewick
A local grain mill manager receives word of his brother-in-law's death on the Western Front.
- Legislators Break Promises to Labor Unions
Despite campaign pledges, Olympia lawmakers stall on key labor legislation, leaving unions with little to show for their efforts.
- The Battle Over Gold and Greenbacks in Walla Walla
A legal dispute over whether debts must be paid in gold or federal paper money echoes the era's financial uncertainty.
- Seattle's Anti-Cigarette Law Made Possession a Crime
A new Washington law going into effect in June 1909 banned not just selling cigarettes but simply having them.
- The Midnight Deadline for Local Vice
New state laws targeting gambling and the 'earnings of a fallen woman' arrive this Wednesday, leaving the city wondering if this time the crackdown will stick.
- The Son-in-Law from Hell
A pioneer father-in-law sues for extortion, alleging his relative seized his farm and tossed him out in the rain.
- The State’s Battle to License Horseshoers
Olympia attorney T. M. Vance challenges the constitutionality of a law requiring professional registration for blacksmiths.
- The New Law That Broke the Bankers: How Tacoma’s Debtors Turned the Tables on Northern Pacific
A recent amendment to territorial attachment laws has forced high-ranking executives of the Northern Pacific Railway to appear in court personally, sparking panic among creditors who can no longer hide behind corporate shields.
- The Real Estate Inheritance Marriage
When a Seattle man's son passed away, he left his property to his father, in trust for his widow—with a clause insisting they live under the same roof. The result was a local wedding that defied convention.
- The Siege of Seattle: A City Under Martial Law
After four days of intense unrest, the city maintains order and asserts its commitment to American law.
- A Daughter’s Power Play Over a Family Estate
A Swedish immigrant challenges the administration of her late husband’s property, claiming her own daughter and son-in-law conspired to cheat her out of her inheritance.
- A Freethinker Takes On the Pulpit in Olympia
At Liberal Hall, P. D. Moore answers a minister’s sermon on law with a call for a religion of nature, reason, and good conduct rather than wrath and dogma.
- The Confusion of the Ballot: Understanding the Initiative and Referendum
Voters struggle to decipher the complex state measures governing lawmaking, recall, and public utilities ahead of the November 7th election.
- The Law That Vanished Overnight
When a new legislative act replaced the state's logger's lien law, it inadvertently vaporized the legal standing of workers fighting for their unpaid wages.
- The Local Press and the Mob
A critique of Washington newspapers that refused to take a hard moral stand against lynch law.
- Mayor Hunt's Foundry Work Tests Public Contract Law
A local newspaper argues that the Mayor’s use of his private foundry for city contract work is a violation of the law, even if it is efficient.
- The State’s Powerless Labor Inspector
A deputy labor commissioner finds poor conditions for women and children in Everett, but discovers the law offers her no teeth to force compliance.
- The Horseshoe Law Upheld in Court
A legal challenge brought by a former Walla Walla blacksmith against a Washington state horseshoeing certification law has failed.
- A Deathbed Promise Fulfilled
A Bellingham widow travels thousands of miles to marry her brother-in-law, honoring her late husband's final request.
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- The Lawyer Problem in Government
An editorial critique arguing that the dominance of legal professionals in government stifles social progress and protects vested corporate interests.
- The Rule of Law in the Wild West
A deep dive into the 1854 Washington Territorial legal code governing criminal trials, bail, and the rights of the accused.
- The Great Legal Squabble of 1871
A simmering territorial dispute over the 'Big Wigs'—the lawyers and judges—debating exactly when a law becomes a law.
- The Trial of a Seattle Anti-Chinese Rioter
In 1885, a local judge delivers a blistering instruction to a jury, reminding them that the 'stranger and sojourner' are entitled to the equal protection of American law during a time of rampant xenophobic violence.
- The Lawyer's Stranglehold on Governance
A scathing editorial arguing that the legal profession’s devotion to precedent over progress is choking American democracy.
- The Disgraceful Scrawl of Territorial Law
A scathing editorial from the Weekly Dispatch reveals that the Territorial Legislature's laws were so poorly drafted, blotted, and grammatically mangled that the editor suggests burning them to avoid litigation.
- The Bar of King County Condemns the Anti-Chinese Expulsions
Local lawyers and citizens formally denounce the violence of February 1886, defending the rule of law after a mob forced residents out of the city.
- The Unwritten Laws of Seattle’s Press
When a local paper targeted young women in its columns for 'assuming social superiority' at a dance, a vigilante citizen took matters into his own hands.