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· 3/3/1913

Jackson Estate v. Suydam

Citations

  • 72 Wash. 341
  • 130 P. 360
  • 1913 Wash. LEXIS 1459

Syllabus

<p>Indemnity — Bonds—’Actions—Liability—Liquidated Damages or Penalty. Where a landlord, who was secured by bond, was damaged in an amount exceeding the sum secured by the bond, by reason of the lessee’s default, he is entitled to judgment in an action on the bond, whether for liquidated damages as specified in the bond, or by way of penalty.</p>

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that an initiative permitting interest arbitration with fire fighters was an improper delegation of the legislative duty to fix wages, hours and working conditions for municipal employees
  • city council had no legal right to abdicate its legislative responsibility to fix municipal wages
  • city council had no legal right to abdicate its legislative responsibility to fix municipal wages

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Judges: Morris

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