Benson v. City of Hoquiam

Citations

• 67 Wash. 90
• 121 P. 58
• 1912 Wash. LEXIS 1123

Syllabus

<p>Municipal Corporations — Filing Claims — Necessity—Verification of Claim — Statutes—Construction. Laws 1909, p. 627, requiring claims against a city for personal injuries to he filed within thirty days, giving the residence of the claimant, specifying the items of damage, and verified, is mandatory and an action cannot he maintained unless the claim filed complies with all the requirements.</p> <p>Same — Notice of Claim — Sufficiency. In such a case, notice to the city officers by a claimant resident in the city cannot take the place of the claim required to be filed with the city clerk.</p>