Federal Paving Corp. v. Prudisch

Mandamus to compel Fred Prudisch, city treasurer of the city of Wauwatosa, to pay a certain city order issued pursuant to a resolution adopted by the common council of the city of Wauwatosa. Walter G. Winding and Walter A. Bechthold both petitioned to be made party defendants, alleging that they were taxpayers and that the disposition of the funds sought to be enforced would be an illegal dissipation of the moneys of the city. The court made Winding and Bechthold parties defendant, and the latter filed cross complaints. City Treasurer Fred Prudisch filed a return. Plaintiff demurred both to…