State Ex Rel. Moses v. Walters

The relator, Moses, sought in the superior court for Pierce county a writ of mandate to compel the defendant, Walters, as city treasurer of the city of Tacoma, to pay from certain local improvement district funds in his hands the principal of certain bonds of the district held by the relator. The defendant demurred to the relator’s petition for the writ on the ground that it does not state facts constituting a cause for relief as prayed for. The demurrer was by the superior court sustained. The relator elected to stand upon his petition and not plead further. Pinal judgment of dismissal was…