State v. City of Aberdeen
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the superior court for Chehalis county, Irwin,. J., entered September 26, 1903, sustaining a demurrer to one of plaintiff’s causes of action, and from that part of the judgment thereupon entered dismissing said cause.
1Opinion of the CourtHadley, J.
The state of Washington instituted this action against the city of Aberdeen, a municipal corporation, to recover a balance alleged to be due the state from said municipality, on account of moneys received by it for the issuance of licenses to sell intoxicating liquors. The demand is made under and by virtue of the statute of 1888, as found in § 2934, Bal. Code, which provides that ten per cent of the annual liquor license fees, paid to the treasurer of an incorporated city or town, shall be paid into the general fund of the state treasury.
The complaint contains two causes of action. The first…
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