Dirks v. Collin
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Spokane county, Kennan, J., entered May 31, 1904, upon findings in favor of the defendants, after a trial on the merits before tbe court without a jury, dismissing an action to enjoin the keeping of tract indices by a county.
1Opinion of the CourtMount, C. J.
This action was brought by a taxpayer to enjoin the respondents, as county officers of Spokane county, from keeping in the auditor’s office, at public expense, a set of books known as “Tract Indices,” upon the ground that such books were not authorized by law. Upon the trial of the case, the court below found that the county auditor kept and maintained such a set of books at public expense, but also found that such books were a public utility, and that their abolishment would make more expense to the county than the maintenance of the books. The court therefore concluded that the maintenance…
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