45 Wash. 691 | Wash. | 1907
This is an action in mandamus, brought by the relator against the city of Seattle. It is alleged that the city has collected 12.78 per cent more than enough to pay the proportionate part due from the property assessed for certain street improvements. It is averred by the affidavit of the relator that he is the owner of claims against the improvement district fund aggregating $1,928.05, as an excess amount collected by the city on account of the assessment levied against certain lots in the district. An alternative writ of mandate was issued, in which it was recited, that a demand had been made upon the city for the return of the excess; that no part thereof had been returned; that it was
Appellant’s brief assumes as legal propositions that mandamus lies, and that the city itself is the only necessary party. The respondent contends that mandamus does not lie, and further that, if it does, the officers of the city whose duty it is to perform the ministerial acts necessary for the issuance of a warrant are the only necessary and the only proper parties. It is not necessary for the detei’mination of the case that we shall pass upon these questions. The trial court passed upon the facts, and in so doing it may be said that the court assumed that mandamus is the proper remedy, and that the city is the only necessary party. But the decision was against appellant on the facts, and if that decision was right, the judgment should be affirmed in any event.
From the statement of the case it will he seen that from the facts found by the court there is no excess amount in the
The conclusions of law and the dismissal properly followed from the findings, and the judgment is affirmed.
Mount, Fullerton, Dunbar, Crow, and Root, JJ., concur.