State Ex Rel. Ryan v. Vaa

This action was brought by Frank W. Ryan and James W. Carr, justices of the peace for the city of Bremerton, against Wendell R. Vaa, county auditor of Kitsap county. The object of the action was to force the auditor by mandamus to issue salary warrants on the basis of fifteen hundred dollars per year, as prescribed by state law for justices of the peace in cities having a population in excess of thirty-five thousand.

After a trial on the merits, the court granted the writ and entered judgment for back pay at the rate of fifteen hun dred dollars per year, dating from the second Monday in…