Arishin v. King County

Citations

• 103 Wash. 176
• 173 P. 1020
• 1918 Wash. LEXIS 1024

Syllabus

<p>Statutes — Repeal by Implication — Counties — Liabilities — Torts. Under the rule that repeals hy implication are not favored, the general statute, Rem. Code, § 951, giving a right of action against a county to a person injured hy some act or omission of the county, is not impliedly repealed hy Id., § 3987, defining the duties of the sheriff, and providing that the county is not responsible for the acts of the sheriff while engaged in his official duties as defined therein.</p> <p>Counties — Liabilities — Torts —Acts of Deputy Sheriff. A deputy sheriff, in charge of automobiles used by the sheriff’s office, is not, while testing an automobile, engaged in the performance of any official acts of the sheriff for which the county is not liable, under Rem. Code, § 3987; hence the county is liable for personal injuries caused through the negligent driving by such deputy.</p>