State Ex Rel. Jordan v. Dehart

This action was brought by Thomas G. Jordan and E. F. Millard, county commissioners of Cowlitz county, against Herman Dehart, auditor of that county. The object of the action was to force the auditor by mandamus to issue salary warrants at two hundred dollars per month each, as prescribed by state law for commissioners holding office in counties of the third class. The suit was provoked by the refusal of the auditor to. issue warrants in excess of one hundred fifty dollars per month, the amount allowed by law for commissioners in fourth-class counties.

After a trial on the merits, the trial…