Seward v. Fisken

— This action, as originally instituted, was one to recover a money judgment against Archibald J. Fisken, who was the only defendant named in the complaint. When Fisken answered, he filed a cross-complaint and caused the county of King and its treasurer to be made parties. By the cross-complaint, it was sought to restrain the county and the treasurer from asserting that the taxes upon specified real property for a certain year had not been paid. After the cross-complaint was filed, the original complaint, by stipulation, was amended to ask for the same relief as that sought in the…