State ex rel. Seymour v. Slater
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for What-com county, Kellogg, J., entered November 23, 1908, upon findings in favor of the defendants, after a trial on the merits before the court without a jury, in an action to compel the-levying of assessments to pay warrants drawn in payment of the construction of drainage ditches.
1Opinion of the CourtFullerton, J.
In the years 1891, 1892, 1893, and 1894,, the county commissioners of Whatcom county, acting pursuant to the act of the legislature of March 19, 1890, authorized and commenced the construction of several drainage-ditches in that county, intending to pay the cost of construction by assessment levied upon the lands benefited' by the ditches. During the course of the construction work, numerous warrants were issued to persons engaged therein, drawn on the general fund of the county but to be paid in fact out-of the fund arising from the special assessments above mentioned. Before the work was…
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