Legal Opinion
Douglas County v. Grant County
Washington Supreme Court
Decided September 22, 1917No. 14150PublishedCited by 22 opinions
■ Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Grant county, Sessions*, J., entered October 27, 1916, upon findings in favor of the plaintiff, in an action on a statutory liability, tried to the court.
1Opinion of the CourtFullerton, J.
At its session in the year 1909, the legislature created the county of Grant out of territory then forming a part of the county of Douglas. The act provided that:
“The county of Grant shall assume and pay to the county of Douglas its proportion of the bonded and warrant indebtedness of Douglas county, in the proportion that the assessed valuation of that part of Grant county, lying within the present boundary of Douglas county, bears to the assessed .valúá*356tion of the whole of Douglas county. The adjustment of said indebtedness shall be based on the assessment for the year 1908: Provided, that…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Spokane County v. PrescottWashington Supreme Court · 1898
- Bennett v. ThorneWashington Supreme Court · 1904
- Citizens' National Bank v. LucasWashington Supreme Court · 1901
- Bowman v. City of ColfaxWashington Supreme Court · 1897
- City of Spokane v. StevensWashington Supreme Court · 1895
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Fratt v. RobinsonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1953
- Gossard v. GossardCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1945
- U. S. Oil & Refining Co. v. Department of EcologyWashington Supreme Court · 1981
- Noble v. MartinWashington Supreme Court · 1937
- Edison Oyster Co. v. Pioneer Oyster Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1945
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