Martin v. Whitman County
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from District Gourt, Whitman County. Action by Charles Q. Martin against Whitman county, to recover for making a tax list. A demurrer to the complaint was sustained, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Buekb, C. J.
This ease comes before us by appeal from the judgment of the court below sustaining a demurrer to the plaintiff’s complaint. It appears from the complaint in the action, that in August, 1886, at a regular session of the board of county commissioners of Whitman county, held at Colfax, the county seat, the following order was made by the board, and regularly entered in their proceedings:
“ It is hereby ordered that C. Q. Martin make a tax list of all taxes delinquent in Whitman county, and that he receive therefor five per cent, on the total…
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