Chalk v. White

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Scott, J. —

This appeal is from a judgment of the superior court of King county quashing an alternative mandamus against the respondent, refusing the appellant a peremptory mandamus, and awarding judgment against him for costs. The action was brought to compel the respondent, as mayor of the city of Seattle, to execute certain evidences of indebtedness which the appellant claimed to be entitled to have executed and delivered. The city under a former charter granted by the legislature of the Territory of Washington in 1886, ordered certain streets to be…