Ayers v. City of Tacoma

This action was brought under the declaratory judgment act (Rem. Rev. Stat. (Sup.), § 784-1 [P. C. § 8108-21] et seq., Laws of 1935, chapter 113, p. 305, as amended by Laws of 1937, chapter 14, p. 39), by Warren E. Ayers, an employee of defendant city of Tacoma, eligible to become a member of the city’s pension system. The action was brought by plaintiff in his own behalf, and as a representative of eight hundred seventy-two other employees similarly situated, to determine the validity and constitutionality of a pension ordinance of the city. Thomas A. Swayze, as controller, C. Val Fawcett,…