State Ex Rel. Taylor v. Board of County Com'rs

MR. JUSTICE FREEBOURN:

LaVerne Taylor, plaintiff and respondent, Missoula County auditor, filed her affidavit and petition for a writ of mandate in the district court, to compel the county commissioners ofMissoula County, defendants, and appellants, to furnish her-adequate office space, assistance, and equipment to carry on the duties of her office. From a judgment in her favor the county commissioners appealed.

Missoula County, without a county auditor for 18 years, upon becoming a county of the fourth class in 1950, elected plaintiff its county auditor to take that office in January 1951. Her…