4 Wash. 29 | Wash. | 1892
The opinion of the court was delivered by
This is a motion to re-tax the costs in the above entitled action and to modify the judgment herein rendered, in this: That the judgment for costs awarded by the court in favor of appellant may be awarded against the State of Washington, instead of against the News Publishing Company, the relators herein. The appeal was from contempt proceedings, and while it is true that the relators were parties in interest to the suit out of which the contempt proceeding grew, yet the proceeding is of a criminal nature, and the general public are no less interested than the relators in the administration of the laws and the enforcement of the orders of courts. Courts-will institute proceedings for contempt for their own protection; and when they do, the parties to the proceeding are the state and the defendant; and while it is true that the statute
Scott, Hoyt and Stiles, JJ., concur.
Anders, C. J., not sitting.