LaFray v. City of Seattle

Plaintiff, a taxpayer of the city of Seattle, instituted suit against the city and its fiscal officers to nullify a judgment previously rendered in a condemnation proceeding brought by the city against certain persons, none of whom is a party to this action; he also seeks thereby to invalidate an ordinance and an accompanying agreement which, it is alleged, the city latterly had adopted and authorized for the purpose of satisfying the awards made in the condemnation proceeding; and finally, he asks that the city and its officers be restrained from paying any part of the condemnation judgment…