Boyle v. King County

Appellant operated a hog farm near Seattle, Washington. During the period involved in this suit, he fed his hogs exclusively upon garbage collected from Firland Sanatorium in Seattle under a contract granting him permission to remove all edible garbage which should accumulate there. The contract required the appellant to post a bond for faithful performance and was signed by the business manager of Firland Sanatorium on behalf of King County.

On May 14, 1952, appellant filed with respondent a claim for damages for the loss of one thousand eighty-eight pigs and seventy-nine sows, which he…