Scouten v. City of Whatcom
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal by plaintiff from a judgment of the superior court for Whatcom county, Neterer, J., entered November 14, 1903, dismissing an action brought by a tax payer to restrain the first election of officers for the consolidated city of Whatcom and Eairhaven, upon overruling a demurrer to the defendants’ affirmative defense.
1Opinion of the CourtHadley, J.
The cities of Whatcom and Eairhaven are contiguous municipalities of the third class. The legislature of 1890 provided for the consolidation of contiguous cities, the method thereof being set forth in § 10, at page 138, Session Laws 1890. On the 27th day of October, 1903, in pursuance of the terms of said statute, the aforesaid cities, by the necessary vote of the electors of each municipality, declared in favor of their consolidation under the name of the city of Bellingham. On the 2d day of November, 1903, said vote was duly canvassed as provided by law, an abstract thereof was recorded in…
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