State Ex Rel. Sutton v. Hartley

The relators are members of a committee appointed by the senate of the state of Washington for the session of 1931. They brought this action for a writ of mandamus to compel the defendant, as governor, to give them access to, and permit them to examine, the books, records and accounts of his own office and the offices under his control. From a judgment ordering the writ to issue, defendant appeals.

On the hearing in this court, respondents presented a motion to dismiss the appeal, on the ground that the questions involved had become moot by reason of the expiration of the life of the committee…