Strachan v. Mayor of Everett

This is an appeal by the respondents from a judgment entered upon a petition for a writ of mandamus commanding the respondent mayor of Everett to recognize the petitioners as the duly appointed park commissioners of that city, and ordering three other respondents to refrain from representing themselves as being such commissioners.

Piazza, Strachan, and Della Piano, the petitioners, were appointed by the then mayor on January 12, 1948, July 19, 1948, and February 28, 1949, respectively, as. park commissioners for terms that will not expire until 1952, 1953, and 1954, respectively. Their…