State Ex Rel. City of Seattle v. Superior Court

This is an original application for a writ of mandate requiring the superior court of King county to take evidence for the purpose of determining and allowing certain offsets against the judgment affirmed by this court in State ex rel. Cooper v. Seattle, 199 Wash. 568, 92 P. (2d) 249.

The facts material to the issue, as they appear in the application for the writ and in the return of the respondents to the show cause order, may be summarized as follows:

Four employees in the light department of the city of Seattle, having civil service standing, instituted an action against the city and certain…