Foster v. Pierce County

Cobb J.,

The account of the plaintiff against Pierce county, made •out in fair mercantile form, and verified by his attorney, claiming $435.87 as due from the said county to the plaintiff, was presented to the county board, by which it was •duly examined, considered, and rejected. The plaintiff took an appeal to the district court, where the cause was dismissed, on motion of the defendant, “for the reason that the claim does not show a demand which the defendants were authorized to act upon.” And the plaintiff brings .the cause to this court on error. The errors assigned are, the sustaining by…