American Smelting & Refining Co. v. Tacoma School District No. 10

Plaintiff instituted a taxpayer’s action against a group of defendants including a school district and its directors, the city of Tacoma together with its mayor and commissioners, and Pierce county con-junctively with its commissioners and assessor, and sought thereby to obtain: (1) a judgment declaring that two certain tax propositions, theretofore submitted to the electorates of the city and school district, respectively, at a combined election, had failed to receive the vote necessary to their adoption; (2) a decree nullifying a resolution and an ordinance which the school directors and…