State ex rel. Walker v. Ramaker

This is a quo warranto proceeding to determine who is the lawful mayor of the town of East Wenatchee.

The claimants of the office are Bertha Ramaker and Stanley Walker; the trial court decided in favor of Mr. Walker; Mrs. Ramaker appealed to this court.

We disagree with both claimants and the trial court and conclude that East Wenatchee has, as yet, no de jure mayor and will not have until the town council follows the plain mandate of the statute and “appoints” a mayor to serve the unexpired term of Robert Derry who resigned as mayor February 1, 1960. (See RCW 35.27.140, which is a reasonable…