State ex rel. Lowman & Hanford Stationery & Printing Co. v. Riplinger

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dunbar, J.

This is an appeal from an order and judgment granting a peremptory writ of mandate against the appellant, who is comptroller and ex officio clerk of the city of Seattle, requiring him to issue and deliver to the relator a warrant upon the treasurer of the city of Seattle, payable out of the library fund, for the sum of $245.29. On the petition of the relator an alternative writ was issued, to which the appellant filed his return. The court adjudged the return insufficient in law, and granted the peremptory writ. There is no dispute as to the…