State v. City of Seattle
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Albertson, J., entered April 25, 1913, in favor of the relators, in mandamus proceedings to compel the levy of a supplemental local improvement assessment.
1Opinion of the CourtMourns, J.
— In this action, respondents, the contractors in the local improvement known as the Denny Hill regrade, sought to compel the city to levy supplemental reassessments upon private property in the amount of $76,112.19. To this demand the city pleaded an offset of $47,696.11 accrued interest on certain bonds delivered to the contractors, and offered to levy further assessments to make up the difference between these two amounts. This offer was rejected by the court below, and judgment went for the respondents as prayed for.
The facts material to the inquiry here are about as follows: The city,…
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