Legal Opinion

County of King v. Hill

Washington Supreme Court

Decided January 30, 1890No. 8PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Error to District Court, King County. Action .by the County of King against George D. Hill, as treasurer of said county, and his sureties, on his official bond, to recover an alleged deficit in public funds. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.

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Error to District Court, King County. Action .by the County of King against George D. Hill, as treasurer of said county, and his sureties, on his official bond, to recover an alleged deficit in public funds. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals. In this court defendants move to affirm the judgment of the district court upon the ground that the evidence in the case has not beenjcertified to this court, and no statement of all the material facts in the cause has been certified to by tbe judge before whom tbe action was tried, nor by the judge of tbe court in which the judgment was…

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Stiles, J.

This was a motion to strike from the transcript the written opinion of the judge who tried the cause in the court below, and the statement of facts, and to affirm the judgment. The suit was brought upon the bond of defendants in error, Hill and others, executed to the county of King, of which Hill was treasurer. The issues, when made up, were referred to a referee under chap. 18 of the code. The referee heard the cause and reported his findings of fact and conclusions of law, with the testimony taken by him. The judge of the Third district…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. ParkerSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
  2. Swift v. Stine, Washington Territory1888

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. In re the Appeal of PattersonWashington Supreme Court · 1917
  2. Colvin v. ClarkWashington Supreme Court · 1917
  3. Halleck v. BresnahenWyoming Supreme Court · 1883
  4. Kellogg v. BradleyWashington Supreme Court · 1891
  5. Paine v. TutwilerSupreme Court of Virginia · 1876

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