STATE EX REL. ETC. UNION v. CITY OF LONGVIEW

No. 37560.

65 Wn.2d 568 (1965)

399 P.2d 1

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, on the Relation of Longview Fire Fighters Union, Local 828, I.A.F.F., et al., Appellant, v. THE CITY OF LONGVIEW et al., Respondents.

The Supreme Court of Washington, Department One.

February 1, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shanks & Litchman, Wettrick, Toulouse, Lirhus & Hove, and Arnold J. Barer, for appellants.

Studley & Purcell, for respondents.


OTT, J.

The relators, firemen employed by the city of Longview, sought a writ of mandamus in the superior court to compel the city to levy two mills for the budget year 1964 and place the revenue derived therefrom in its firemen's pension fund. Relators alleged that, unless the fund receives the revenue from a levy of two mills, it will not be actuarially sound under RCW 41.16.060 which provides:

"It shall be the duty of the legislative authority of each municipality...

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