Lorence v. Bean

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Gordon, J.

The respondent recovered a judgment against the city of Ellensburg, for personal injuries occasioned by a defective sidewalk, which judgment was affirmed, on appeal, by this court in January, 1896 (13 Wash. 341, 43 Pac. 20). The present proceeding was instituted in the superior court to compel the city to levy a tax to pay that judgment.

One contention of the city, and the only one which it is necessary to notice, is that the respondent must, in satisfaction of the judgment, accept a warrant upon the general fund of the city. It is not claimed…