State ex rel. City of Yakima v. Clausen
Washington Supreme Court
Application filed in the supreme court May 26, 1921, for a writ of mandamus to compel the state auditor to issue warrants to a city in a certain amount against the primary highway maintenance fund.
1Opinion of the CourtMackintosh, J.
In July, 1911, Yakima was a city of the third class, although it possessed sufficient population to have entitled it to classification as’ a city of the second class, had it complied with the law in rela*621tion to the raising of the classification of cities. ' In that month it organized itself under the commission form of government, in pursuance of the provisions of the Laws of 1911, ch. 116, p. 521 (§§7670-1 to 7670-24, Rem. Code), and ever since that time has been operating under that form of government.
The act just referred to provides that any city in the state having a population of 2,500…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- State v. TausickWashington Supreme Court · 1911
- State v. Superior CourtWashington Supreme Court · 1911
- Maughlin Mill Co. v. HamiltonWashington Supreme Court · 1910