Rauch v. Chapman

Citations

• 16 Wash. 568
• 36 L.R.A. 407
• 48 P. 253
• 1897 Wash. LEXIS 362

Syllabus

<p>COUNTIES — CONSTITUTIONAL LIMITATION OF INDEBTEDNESS—EXPENSES IMPOSED BY LAW—CURRENT EXPENSES.</p> <p>The constitutional limitation of county indebtedness, in § 6, art. 8, of the state constitution, does not include the necessary expenditures made mandatory in the constitution and provided for by the legislature, and which are thereby imposed upon the county.</p> <p>Liabilities incurred by a county in conforming to the constitution and laws of the state, and those current expenses which are necessary to the maintenance and life of the county government itself, are primary obligations, which of necessity always continue, and which are entitled to priority over liabilities incurred by the county for other purposes.</p>