Wangnild v. Town of Haxtun

Plaintiff in error, who was also plaintiff below, sought judgment for damages against defendant town because of failure of its treasurer to pay certain sanitary sewer district bonds in their numerical order. A general demurrer to the complaint based on insufficiency of statement of facts to constitute a cause of action, and a special demurrer on the ground of nonjoinder of parties directed to the failure to name the town treasurer as a defendant, were interposed. The court sustained the general demurrer on the ground that no general liability existed as against the town. Plaintiff elected to…