Wilson v. City of Aberdeen

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Anders, J.

This was an application to the superior court of Chehalis county for a writ of mandate to compel the city of Aberdeen, and the mayor and council and certain other officers of said city, to collect, by suit or otherwise, the assessments which were levied upon certain premises abutting on Huron street, between Alder and Washington streets, in said city, for the purpose of paying the cost of improving the street in front of said premises. The affidavit upon which the application was based is elaborate *616and circumstantial, and seems to state facts…