Parish v. Collins
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Griffin, J., entered January 13, 1906, upon findings in favor of the plaintiff after a trial on the merits before the court without a jury, in an action for a writ of mandamus to compel the officers of a city to order an election ion the question of disincorporation.
1Opinion of the CourtMount, C. J.
Action in mandamus, to compel the mayor and city council of the city of Kirkland to submit to the *393voters of such city the question of the disincorporation thereof. The writ was issued as prayed, and the mayor and council appeal.
Respondent moves to dismiss the appeal upon the grounds, (1) that no appeal bond was filed in the case; (2) that the appellants have mot printed the findings of fact in their brief. The motion must be denied upon both grounds. While the mayor and city .council are the nominal parties, the action is really against the city itself, whose life depends upon the result of…
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