Barrett v. City of Seattle

Citations

• 51 Wash. 47
• 97 P. 1109
• 1908 Wash. LEXIS 963

Syllabus

<p>Municipal Corporations — Improvements •— Assessments — Confirmation — By City Council — Appeal—Notice. A notice of appeal from the city council’s confirmation of a local assessment' is sufficient if it so particularly describes the proceedings that respondent could not have been misled by an erroneous reference to the condemnation ordinance.</p> <p>Same — Transcript. Notice to a city clerk of the filing of a transcript on appeal from the city council’s confirmation of a local assessment is not jurisdictional, and is waived by a general appearance of the corporation counsel.</p> <p>Same — Certification. Objections to the city clerk’s certificate to the transcript on an appeal from an assessment to the superior court cannot be reviewed when the certificate is not brought up in the record in the supreme court.</p> <p>Same — Amendment. A defect in the city clerk’s certificate to the transcript on an appeal from an assessment to the superior court may be cured by amendment.</p>