Legal Opinion
Singleton v. Hamilton
Washington Supreme Court
Decided March 11, 1916No. 13277PublishedCited by 4 opinions
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Ronald, J., entered November 12, 1915, in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for injunctive relief, tried to the court.
1Opinion of the CourtMount, J.
The only question involved in this case is whether the county commissioners of King county are authorized to purchase and conduct a county poor farm for paupers within that county. The trial court was of the opinion that the statute, neither by express terms nor by necessary implication, authorized the purchase of such a farm, and entered judgment accordingly. This appeal is prosecuted from that judgment.
*244The statute in relation to paupers provides as follows, at Rem. & Bal. Code, § 8374 (P. C. 115 § 305) :
“The board of county commissioners of the several counties of this state are hereby…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Cochrane v. County of KingWashington Supreme Court · 1895
3Cited by4 opinions
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