Pierce County v. Magnuson

Citations

• 70 Wash. 639
• 127 P. 302
• 1912 Wash. LEXIS 1099

Syllabus

<p>Costs — Liability of County — Juvenile Courts — Infants—Proceedings. There is no power to award costs against a county, upon dismissing proceedings before the juvenile court against a delinquent child and her parent, in the absence of any express statutory authority therefor, whether the proceeding be civil or criminal in its nature.</p> <p>Infants — Delinquent Children — Pkoceedings—Costs—Right to. Costs cannot be allowed in a proceeding against a delinquent child and her parent contributing to the delinquency, entitled “In re the welfare of R;” as they are not authorized by Rem. & Bal. Code, § 491, authorizing costs in all actions prosecuted in the name and for the use of the state or county; nor by virtue of Id., § 2225, authorizing costs in proceedings before a committing magistrate; nor by the statutes giving every person accused of crime the right to the compulsory attendance of witnesses.</p>