Maxon v. School District No. 34

Citations

• 5 Wash. 142
• 31 P. 462
• 1892 Wash. LEXIS 23

Syllabus

<p>SCHOOL DISTRICTS —CHARACTER OR CORPORATION —MECHANICS’ LIENS —SCHOOL BUILDINGS — ENRORCEMENT OR CLAIM.</p> <p>School districts are, within contemplation of the legislative and constitutional enactments of this state, municipal corporations; and the act of January 31, 1888, providing for liens for work done or improvements made for any “county, incorporated city or town, or other municipal corporation,” authorizes the placing of liens upon school buildings.</p> <p>Under the terms of §2 of the act of January 81, 1888 (Laws 1887-8, p.15), providing that, if a municipal corporation shall fail to take a bond from the party with whom it contracts for public work, it shall be liable to laborers and material men for the full amount of their claims, it is not necessary that the plaintiff, in an' action to enforce such a claim, should have established in a prior action the contractor’s indebtedness to him, or should make the contractor a party to his action against the municipal corporation. (Hoyt, J., dissents.)</p>