Spooner v. City of Seattle

Citations

• 6 Wash. 370
• 33 P. 963
• 1893 Wash. LEXIS 301

Syllabus

<p>CERTIORARI — QUASHING WRIT — WHEN LIES — REVIEW OE STREET ASSESSMENT — PROCEEDINGS.</p> <p>Although a writ of certiorari has been granted in favor of plaintiff, it may, before compliance with its directions, be quashed on motion of defendants therefor.</p> <p>While the statute does not fix the time within which a writ of certiorari should be applied for, it should be applied for within a reasonable time after the act complained of has been done, and two years is not a reasonable time.</p> <p>Where the only method prescribed by a city charter for the collection of a street assessment is by foreclosure in a court of record, certiorari will not lie for the purpose of reviewing the assessment proceedings.</p>