Sheldon v. Purdy

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Reavis, J.

Plaintiff Sheldon made application for a writ of mandamus to compel defendant Purdy, as treasurer of Whatcom county, to pay coupons due upon bonds issued by school district Ho. 25, which coupons were for interest due on bonds November, 1893 and 1894. The affidavit for the writ stated that the treasurer had funds in his hands belonging to the school district sufficient to pay the *136coupons.- The county treasurer answered that the plaintiff’s bonds were an issue of $10,000, made November 1, 1891, and that November 1, 1890, a,prior issue of bonds,…