Northwestern Lumber Co. v. City of Aberdeen
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Chehalis county, Irwin, J., entered February 15, 1906, upon findings in favor of the plaintiff, after a trial on the merits before the court without a jury, in an action against a city for the wrongful diversion of a special fund for local improvements.
1Opinion of the CourtMount, C. J.
Respondent recovered a judgment for damages against the city of Aberdeen on account of certain special assessment warrants, because certain other warrants issued subsequently on the same fund had been paid out of order, leaving insufficient funds to pay the warrants held by respondent. The city appeals, alleging that the court erred *262in refusing to find that each of the causes of action set out in the complaint was barred by the statute of limitations, and that there were prior warrants outstanding on one fund greater than the amount misappropriated from such fund. There is no dispute in the.…
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