State Ex Rel. Taylor v. Scofield

Appellants, as relators, applied to the superior court for Pierce county for a writ of mandate, directed to the hoard of county commissioners of that county, requiring the auditing and approval for payment of certain claims for salaries and wages which relators assert cover the amounts due them as compensation for services rendered by them as employees of Pierce county. From a judgment denying the writ and dismissing the action, the relators have appealed.

It appears that, during the year 1931, in compliance with the county budget law, Rem. Rev. Stat., § 3997-1 [P. O. § 1652-1], et seg., a…