Kelly v. Hamilton
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Everett Smith, J., entered June 6, 1.913, upon findings in favor of the plaintiff, in an action to enjoin the issuance of county bonds, after a trial to the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Mount, J.-
This action was brought by a taxpayer of King county to restrain the board of county commissioners from proceeding to the sale and delivery of $950,000 worth of King county courthouse bonds, and to restrain the commissioners from erecting a proposed county building in said county with the proceeds of the bonds.
The complaint alleges, in substance, that the county commissioners of King county, prior to the general election in November, 1912, entered into a conspiracy for unlawfully expending county funds; that they fraudulently misrepresented to the voters that an adequate public…
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