Ferry v. King County
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON. The case was stated by the court as follows: This was an action brought by the county of King in the District Court of the Third Judicial District of the Territory of "Washington, against George D. Hill and his sureties upon his official bond as county treasurer of said county, to recover certain moneys received by him during his official term of two years, commencing the first Monday in January, 1881, which it is…
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON. The case was stated by the court as follows: This was an action brought by the county of King in the District Court of the Third Judicial District of the Territory of "Washington, against George D. Hill and his sureties upon his official bond as county treasurer of said county, to recover certain moneys received by him during his official term of two years, commencing the first Monday in January, 1881, which it is alleged he had failed to account for or to pay over to his successor in' office. The complaint set up Hill’s election; the…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Fuller
"We have carefully examined the record in this case and have failed to find any intimation of the submission of a Federal question to the state court for decision, nor can we perceive that the judgment rendered necessarily involved the disposition of such a question.
Plaintiffs in error seek to maintain the jurisdiction of this court upon the ground that the validity of an authority exercised'under the United States ivas drawn in question in the cause and the decision of the state court was against its validity. •
By section 1851 of the Revised Statutes of the United States it is provided that…
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