Mullen v. Sackett

Citations

• 14 Wash. 100
• 44 P. 136
• 1896 Wash. LEXIS 316

Syllabus

<p>COUNTIES — AMOUNT OP INDEBTEDNESS — HOIV COMPUTED — UNPAID TAXES AS ASSETS — JUDICIAL NOTICE.</p> <p>A county auditor is not justified in refusing to issue a warrant for a duly audited and allowed claim against the county, if the cash on hand, together with the amount of uncollected taxes, when deducted from the total amount of indebtedness, will bring such indebtedness within the one and one-half per cent, limit of the assessed valuation of property in the county.</p> <p>The court will take judicial notice of the fact that all of the taxes upon the assessment roll of a county are-never collected until years after they are assessed.</p>