Johns v. Wadsworth
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Pierce county, Clifford, J., entered October 11, 1913, enjoining the issuance of a county warrant, at the suit of a taxpayer, upon sustaining a demurrer to the answer.
1Opinion of the CourtGose, J.
This is an action by a resident and taxpayer of Pierce county to enj oin the issuance and payment of a county warrant. The facts are these: On the 18th day of July, 1913, the board of county commissioners of Pierce county, for the purpose of donating and giving to the Western Washington Fair Association the sum of $3,586.19, allowed a claim to the association for that amount, conformably to the provisions of the code (Rem. & Bal. Code, § 3024 et seq.; P. C. 111 § 1). The association is a private corporation, organized for the purpose of holding a county fair and giv ing an exhibition of…
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