State Ex Rel. Klaas v. County Com'rs

— One W. E. Buell petitioned the board of county commissioners of each Okanogan and Douglas counties for a franchise “to construct, erect and maintain a toll bridge over and across the Columbia river,” the boundary line of the two counties. On the day fixed for hearing the petition before the board of commissioners of Okanogan county, Frank Klaas and others, specially interested, by special appearance, ob jected to the jurisdiction of the board and to the proceedings as being erroneous; and without waiving their special appearance, filed a general protest against the granting of the…