State Ex Rel. Hartley v. Clausen

As stated when the case was here upon a former appeal, 146 Wash. 588, 264 Pac. 403, this action was brought for the purpose of restraining the majority of the highway committee from employing and paying Thomas ft. Beeman as secretary and consulting engineer for the committee. Upon that appeal, the judgment was reversed and the cause remanded for trial. The principal question there involved was whether the relator had the right to maintain the action and it was held that he had such right. Incidentally it was held that the complaint stated a cause of action. As a result of the trial in the…