Jurey v. City of Seattle
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Gilliam, J., entered April 3, 1908, upon sustaining a demurrer to the complaint, dismissing an action for the wrongful diversion of a special assessment fund.
1Opinion of the CourtMount, J.
This action was brought against the city of Seattle to recover the amount of a special assessment warrant, on the ground that the city negligently and wrongfully permitted the fund to become depleted and had paid warrants drawn on said fund subsequent to plaintiff’s warrant, leaving plaintiff’s warrant unpaid. The trial court sustained a demurrer to , the complaint upon the ground that the complaint failed to state a cause of action, and dismissed the action. The plaintiff appeals.
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