Gladwin v. Ames

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dunbar, J.

The statement of this case is found in 26 Wash. 272 (66 Pac. 391). The question at issue was the legality of certain warrants issued by the town of Cheney; the record showing that at the time of the issue of the warrants the municipality exceeded the limit of its indebtedness under the constitutional limitation of one and one-half per centum, and that no election had been held to validate any of the indebtedness. It was decided in that case that the rule announced by this court in Rauch v. Chapman, 16 Wash. 568 (48 Pac. 253, 36 L. R. A. 407,…