State Ex Rel. Rogers v. Johnson

— The relators, claiming to have been rightfully in possession and exercising the functions of the offices of chief of the fire department, chief of police, superintendent of the city water department, assistant chief of the fire department, and police sergeant, respectively, of the city of Olympia, during the whole of the month of January, 1925, commenced this mandamus proceeding in the superior court for Thurs-ton county seeking a writ of mandate requiring J. 0. Johnson, as mayor of the city, to sign warrants for their respective compensations as such officers for that month, which were…