State Ex Rel. Washington Mutual Savings Bank v. City of Bellingham

This proceeding was instituted on the relation of Washington Mutual Savings Bank, a corporation, for the purpose of procuring a writ of mandamus requiring the city of Bellingham, a municipal corporation, and certain of its officers, to issue and approve warrants in favor of relator, drawn upon the local improvement guaranty fund of the city of Bellingham, in payment of bonds numbered 8 to 28, inclusive, together with interest coupons attached thereto, issued by the city of Bellingham in connection with local improvement district No. 869 (this district having defaulted), the total amount of…