State Ex Rel. Paine v. Glover

The matter involved in this litigation has now been before this court on three different occasions. Frank C. Paine and Connor Malott originally brought an action in Thurston county against the state of Washington and the commissioner of public lands to establish, as a lien against certain state land, a certificate of delinquency issued by Spokane county for drainage district assessments. Spokane county was made a defendant and relief was prayed for against it under its guaranty to pay the certificate in the event that tbe tax or assessment, for which the certificate was issued, was held to be…