State ex rel. McCullough v. City of Seattle
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Gilliam, J., entered March 14, 1910, in favor of the plaintiff, upon overruling a demurrer to the application, granting a writ of mandate to compel a city to pay surplus funds collected upon assessments for a local improvement.
1Opinion of the CourtCrow, J.
During the year 1905, the city of Seattle, by proper procedure, ordered the improvement of certain streets, *242created a local improvement district, levied and collected special assessment No. 1025, paid the cost of the improvement therefrom, and then had remaining in the special fund an excess of $1,085.99. The relator, F. D. McCullough, by assignment, represents a number of property owners who made payments into the fund. It is conceded that, if he is entitled to any recovery whatever, the sum of $304.06 is due and payable to him. Demand was first made upon the city by the relator or his…
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