Hanford v. King County

Citations

• 112 Wash. 659
• 192 P. 1013
• 1920 Wash. LEXIS 790

Syllabus

<p>Counties (88)—Claims—Presentation and Filing—Statutes— Retroactive Effect. Since limitation laws will not be given a retroactive effect unless that legislative intent is clearly expressed, Laws of 1919, p. 414, requiring claims against a county to be filed within sixty days after the injury, will not bar claims sustained prior to the taking effect of the act, if filed within sixty days thereafter.</p> <p>Same (95)-—Actions—Conditions Precedent—Premature Action —Rejection op Claims. The purpose of the provision in the statute that no action shall be brought upon a claim against a county until the same has been presented and sixty days have elapsed after such presentation is to allow time for an investigation by the county, and is satisfied by a rejection of the claim, after which an action begun within the sixty-day period is not premature.</p>