Sayles v. Walla Walla County
Citations
- 30 Wash. 194
- 70 P. 256
- 1902 Wash. LEXIS 669
Syllabus
<p>COUNTIES — COMPENSATION OP SUEVEYOES.</p> <p>County surveyors are entitled to compensation only for the days necessarily occupied in the discharge of the duties of that office, under Laws 1889-90, p. 302, § 2, which provides that “the county surveyor shall also receive ?5 per day for each day actually engaged in his duties as such officer,” and under Laws 1895, p. 418, § 30, amendatory of the act of 1890, classifying counties and fixing salaries of officers, which provides that all “officers paid a per diem under the provisions of this act shall only he paid for the time actually and necessarily spent in the discharge of their duties.”</p> <p>STATUTES —- DETEBMINATION OP VALIDITY.</p> <p>The validity of a statute will not be determined, except when necessarily involved in the ease before the court.</p>
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Judges: Reavis
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