Holmes & Bull Furniture Co. v. Hedges

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Gordon, J.

This proceeding was instituted to compel the appellant, tb& county treasurer of Pierce county, to pay a warrant of School District No. 10, held by respondent, or to endorse upon such warrant the statutory endorsement, “Presented for payment and not paid for want of funds,” if appellant as treasurer had not sufficient available funds to pay it.

The application for the writ shows that at the time of the creation of the debt represented by the warrant in question, School District No. 10 aforesaid was in debt largely in excess of one and one-half…