State Ex Rel. City of Walla Walla v. Clausen

This is an original application in this court for a peremptory writ of mandamus requiring the state auditor to accept bonds issued by the city of Walla Walla, and to deliver to the city a warrant in payment therefor. The state auditor demurs, upon the ground that the petition does not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action. The record, as it is now before us, discloses the following facts:

The city of Walla Walla is a municipal corporation of the second class, operating under the commission form of government. Authority to borrow fifty thousand dollars and to issue its…