State ex rel. Barto v. Board of Drainage Commissioners of District No. 1
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Pacific county, Rice, J., entered August 25, 1906, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, after a trial on the merits in an action for a mandamus to compel the issuance of warrants by the commissioners of a drainage district.
1Opinion of the CourtDunbar, J.
The appellant is a drainage district incorporated under the drainage statutes of the state.. The commissioners of this district entered into a contract with the respondent’s assignor to dig ■ a ditch or drain in their district. The contract is set forth in the pleadings and the briefs of respective counsel, but it is not necessary to produce it here. Upon the alleged completion of the contract and the refusal by the commissioners to pay the amount claimed by David Swank, the respondent’s assignor, the respondent made application for a writ of mandamus against the board, to compel them to…
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