Case Name: The State of Washington, on the Relation of E. F. Elliot, Appellant, v. Charles F. Will et al., Respondents
Court: Washington Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Washington
Decision Date: 1909-08-19
Citations: 54 Wash. 697
Docket Number: No. 7509
Parties: The State of Washington, on the Relation of E. F. Elliot, Appellant, v. Charles F. Will et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Washington Reports
Volume: 54
Pages: 697–697

Head Matter:
[No. 7509.
Decided August 19, 1909.]
The State of Washington, on the Relation of E. F. Elliot, Appellant, v. Charles F. Will et al., Respondents.
Appeal from a judgment of tbe superior court for Douglas county, Steiner, J., entered May 6, 1908, upon findings in favor of tbe defendants, after a trial before tbe court without a jury, in an action for a writ of mandamus.
Reversed.
Hannan & Clapp and Arthur McGuire, for appellant.
Sam B. Hill and John W. Hanna, for respondents.
Reported in 103 Pac. 482.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
Tbis action is an application to tbe superior court of Douglas county by E. F. Elliot, for a writ of mandamus requiring tbe auditor and commissioners of said county to issue a warrant for excess salary alleged to be due relator as superintendent of schools. From a final judgment denying tbe writ, tbe relator bas appealed.
In pursuance of a stipulation on file, and on tbe authority of tbe opinion of this court filed on tbis date, in cause No. 7506, State ex rel. Maltbie v. Will, ante p. 453, 103 Pac. 479, 104 Pac. 797, tbe judgment of tbe superior court is reversed, and tbe cause remanded witb instructions to grant a writ of mandate directing tbe issuance of a warrant to appellant for additional salary from September 1, 1905, to tbe end of bis term in September, 1907, at tbe rate of $100 per annum. Tbe appellant will recover bis costs in tbis court and in tbe superior court, including statutory attorney's fees.