Hansen v. City of Hoquiam
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Grays Harbor county, W. H. Tucker, Esq., judge pro tempore, entered July 1, 1916, upon findings in favor of the plaintiff, in an action by a taxpayer to restrain the payment of city warrants.
1Opinion of the Court
Parker, J. —
The plaintiff, C. D. Hansen, commenced this action in the superior court for Grays Harbor county against the defendants, city of Hoquiam and its officers, seeking to have certain warrants purporting to evidence indebtedness of that city adjudged void and their payment enjoined, upon the ground that the indebtedness so evidenced was incurred in violation of the limitations upon municipal indebtedness prescribed by § 6, art. 8, of our state constitution. The trial in the superior court resulted in judgment granting in part the relief prayed for, adjudging certain of the warrants…
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