Seymour v. Frost

Citations

• 25 Wash. 644
• 66 P. 90
• 1901 Wash. LEXIS 444

Syllabus

<p>COUNTIES-FUND FROM WHICH BOND INTEREST PAYABLE.</p> <p>Under the revenue law of 1897 (Laws 1897, p. 136), providing for but two county funds, — the “current expense fund” and the “county indebtedness fund,” and that “the tax for payment of county current expenses shall be based upon an itemized statement of the estimated county expenses for the ensuing fiscal year,” and that “the tax for the payment of county indebtedness shall be based upon the indebtedness of the county,” interest falling due upon county bonds issued under Laws 1887-88, p. 12, and Laws 1889-90, p. 37, is properly classed as county indebtedness and payable from the “county indebtedness fund,” in the absence of provisions in the acts authorizing such bonds limiting payment to the methods prescribed therein.</p>