James v. McMillan
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Whatcom county, Allen, J., entered November 12,1920, dismissing an action to recover excessive salaries paid to county officers, and for injunctive relief, upon sustaining a demurrer to the complaint.
1Opinion of the CourtMackintosh, J.
This action in equity is waged by taxpayers of Whatcom county with the object of enjoining the payment of what they claim to he illegal *645and excessive salaries to the respondents, as officers of said county, and to recover from respondents portions of salaries which have already been paid them.
When the respondents were elected, to their respective offices, Whatcom county was a fifth-class county. Before taking their offices in January, 1919, a petition was filed with the board of county commissioners, asking the board to determine the population of the county with a view to re-classifying it,…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- State ex rel. Maltbie v. WillWashington Supreme Court · 1909
- Anderson v. Whatcom CountyWashington Supreme Court · 1896
- State ex rel. Smith v. NealWashington Supreme Court · 1901
- County of Lewis v. MontfortWashington Supreme Court · 1913
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