Strong v. Thurston County

This is a suit by a former county attorney of Thurston county to recover salary and office rent. His claims were duly allowed by the county board, but have not been paid, and warrants on the county treasurer to pay them have never been issued. The action is based on the allowed claims. It will only be necessary to discuss t wo questions raised by the answer. They are as follows: (1) An original action to recover judgment against a county on claims allowed by the county board cannot be maintained. (2) Recovery on plaintiff’s cause of action is defeated by estoppel. To these and other technical…