O'Connell v. Baker

Citations

• 35 Wash. 376
• 77 P. 678
• 1904 Wash. LEXIS 458

Syllabus

<p>Counties and County Officers — Drainage Districts — Establishment — Petition Signed by County — Conflicting Duties of County Commissioners — Disqualification. A board of county commissioners cannot be permanently enjoined from entertaining a petition for the establishment of a drainage district, because the county and the chairman of the board, on behalf of the county, signed the petition praying for the establishment of the district, since a subsequent board could not be thereby disqualified; neither is the present board disqualified because the statute may have imposed conflicting duties upon tbe board, since tbe power to act is expressly conferred by tbe statute, and tbe members of tbe board, as individuals, are not interested in tbe result.</p>