State Ex Rel. Ross v. King County

— Two actions in mandamus, herein consolidated, were instituted by a number of employees of King county to compel the issuance of warrants for the unpaid portions of their salaries alleged by them to have been earned during a period of two successive years. Trial upon the merits before the court, sitting without a jury, resulted in findings and conclusions, based upon which judgments were entered conformable to the prayers of the petitions. The county has appealed.

During the years 1933 and 1934, respondents, thirty-five in number, were members of the staff of the county clerk of King county.…