Washington Supreme Court July 18, 1925, No. 19170. Department Two. (State Ex Rel. Reynolds v. Hill)

Mackintosh, J.

— The relator, in his petition for a writ of mandate, avouches that he is a taxpayer of the city of Walla Walla, of which respondents are city commissioners; that one of the duties of the city com

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missioners is to keep the sidewalks free from obstructions; that on the sidewalks of certain streets the respondents have allowed obstructions to exist, consisting of gasoline pumps