Maxon v. School District No. 34

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Stiles, J.

The first point made by the appellant is, that a school district of the State of Washington is not a corporation, and cannot be sued as such. In connection with this it is claimed that no action can be brought against a school district by name, but must be brought against the directors in their representative capacity. The position is taken that there can be no corporation without express legislative enactment, and inasmuch as §783, Gen. Stat., contains the only reference to school districts which could be taken as an attempt at a definition,…