State ex rel. Whatcom County v. Purdy

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dunbar, J.

This was a proceeding in mandamus to compel the respondent, ás treásurér of Whatcom county, to furnish the delinquent tax list of said county, required by law to be published in the month of April, 1896, to the official paper' of said county.

The commissioners of Whatcom county had designated “The Champion” as the official paper of said county, and had entered into a contract with said paper to do the printing for the county. The treasurer answered the alternative writ, denying that the county commissioners had authority to enter into the *344contr…