Bailey v. School District No. 49

Citations

• 108 Wash. 612
• 185 P. 810
• 1919 Wash. LEXIS 942

Syllabus

<p>Schools and School Districts (29-1)—Touts—'Actions — Right to Maintain—Statutes. Laws 1917, p. 332, providing that no action shall be brought or maintained against a school district for non-contractual acts or omissions of officers or employees relating to playgrounds, applies to pending actions that had accrued prior to the enactment of the law.</p> <p>Constitutional Law (68)—Vested Rights—Right of Action in Tort. As the right to sue a school district in tort rests in statute, it is not a vested right of property; hence Laws 1917, p. 332, repealing the law, is not unconstitutional in depriving a child of his former right of action for injuries sustained on playgrounds prior to the enactment of the law.</p>