State ex rel. Strahorn v. Blake

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Fullerton, J.

This action was instituted by the appellant to compel the respondent, as tieasurer of the city of Olympia, to pay two certain warrants issued by the city in payment for electric lighting supplied it during the months of July and August, 1893. The respondent defended on the ground that the warrants are invalid, having been issued, it is averred, while the city was beyond its constitutional limit of indebtedness. The trial court held the warrants invalid, and this appeal is from the judgment entered in pursuance thereof.

It is shown by the…