Decker v. City of Seattle

Citations

• 80 Wash. 137
• 141 P. 338

Syllabus

<p>Municipal Coepoeations—Claims—Requisites — Residence of Claimant. Rem. & Bal. Code, § 7995, requiring claims tor damages against a city of the first class to be filed in compliance with valid charter provisions, and that the claim shall contain a statement of the actual residence of the claimant “at the date of presenting and filing the claims,” and also for six months prior to the accrual thereof, is substantially complied with by a claim stating the residence for a year “last past” at the time of the verification of the claim, which was three days before it was filed; and is sufficient to' admit proof of the same residence at the time of the filing.</p>