Wiley v. City of Seattle

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Stiles, J.

Appellants suffered a non-suit in an action which they brought against the respondent for the services which they rendered, as attorneys for the defendant, in the case of Chalk v. White, Mayor, etc., 4 Wash. 156 (29 Pac. Rep. 979).

Their offers of proof were to the effect that after the mayor had vetoed the ordinance authorizing the issuance of the illegal bonds, it was passed by the unanimous vote of both of the bodies which constitute the legislative authority of the city, under the advice of the corporation counsel that such action was…