Legal Opinion
Douglas County v. Grant County
Washington Supreme Court
Decided February 28, 1913No. 10122PublishedCited by 8 opinions
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Douglas county, Grimshaw, J., entered September 8, 1911, upon findings in favor of the plaintiff, upon the pleadings, in an action to enjoin the issuance of county warrants.
1Opinion of the CourtCrow, C. J.
In 1909, Grant county was organized from a portion of Douglas county, by act of the legislature, Laws 1909, ch. 17, p. 19 (Rem. & Bal. Code, § 8780). Section 1 of the act fixed the boundaries of the new county. Section 2 reads as follows:
“The county of Grant shall assume and pay to the county of Douglas its proportion of the bonded and warrant indebtedness of Douglas county, in the proportions that the assessed valuation of that part of Grant county, lying within the present boundary of Douglas county, bears to the assessed valuation of the whole of Douglas county. The adjustment of said…
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- County of Tulare v. County of KingsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1897
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3Cited by8 opinions
- School District of Oakland v. School District of JoplinSupreme Court of Missouri · 1937
- Douglas County v. Grant CountyWashington Supreme Court · 1917
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- Satterlee v. Snohomish CountyCourt of Appeals of Washington · 2002
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