Rose v. Pierce County

Citations

• 25 Wash. 119
• 64 P. 913
• 1901 Wash. LEXIS 369

Syllabus

<p>CLAIM AGAINST COUNTY-PRESENTATION-WAIVER OF OBJECTION.</p> <p>The objection that plaintiff failed to present his claim against the county to the board of county commissioners for allowance or rejection, prior to bringing action thereon, as the statute requires, cannot be raised for the first time on appeal, but, when not urged in the trial court, will be presumed to have been waived by the county.</p> <p>CONVERSION-SALE OF PROPERTY FOR ILLEGAL TAXES-LIABILITY OF COUNTY AND OFFICERS.</p> <p>Where a county treasurer, in an action in his own name and in that of the county to enforce the collection of a tax upon a stock of merchandise, procures the appointment of a receiver, whose actions he directs and controls, both the county and the treasurer are liable for all damages suffered by the defendant therein, by reason of the void and illegal acts of the receiver.</p>