State ex rel. Thayer v. Mish

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Hoyt, 0. J.

The relator, as treasurer of the city of Everett, sought by this proceeding to obtain a writ of mandate to compel the respondent as treasurer of the county in which such city is situated to render a certified return of all moneys collected as penalty and interest upon the taxes levied by the city for the year 1893, and to pay over the amount found to have been so collected. An alternative writ was issued, from which it appeared that certain sums of money had been collected by the county treasurer as penalty and interest on delinquent taxes…