County of Lewis v. Montfort
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Lewis county, Rice J., entered January 24, 1912, in favor of the plaintiff, upon overruling a demurrer to defendant’s answer, in an action to recover money paid.
1Opinion of the Court
Gose, J
The plaintiff, the county of Lewis, brought this action to recover a portion of salary theretofore paid to the defendant as county clerk of that county. The complaint alleges that the defendant was elected county clerk of Lewis county at the general election held on the 3d day of November, 1908, for the term commencing on the 11th day of January, 1909; that, prior to the date of the election, the county had been legally ascertained to be a county of the thirteenth class; that, on the 17th day of February, 1909, the board of county commissioners of Lewis county, acting illegally, found…
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