Baker v. City of Seattle
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from Superior Court, King Coimty. The facts are fully stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Stiles, J.
— On the 1st day of June, 1891, an election was held in the city of Seattle, under the act of March 7, 1891, p. 267, entitled "An act to enable cities and towns to validate certain warrants and other obligations and evidences of indebtedness on the part of such cities and towns, issued by the corporate authorities thereof in excess of their legal *579authority, and declaring an emergency to exist.” The propositions submitted at that election were to validate indebtedness as follows: Class 1 — Warrants drawn payable out of the road fund of said…
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