City of Puyallup v. Crosby

Citations

• 99 Wash. 218
• 169 P. 322
• 1917 Wash. LEXIS 1036

Syllabus

<p>Municipal Corporations—Violation of Ordinance—Prosecution in Name of State; A criminal complaint for the violation of a city ordinance, entitled in the name of the city as plaintiff, sufficiently complies with Rem. Code, § 7671-20 requiring the same to be prosecuted in the name of the state of Washington, where the charge in the body of the complaint clearly informed the accused that he was being prosecuted for violation of the ordinance in the proper court, and the warrant issued commanded his arrest in the name of the state.</p>