State ex rel. Dean v. Lamping

Citations

• 31 Wash. 652
• 72 P. 476
• 1903 Wash. LEXIS 684

Syllabus

<p>COSTS-LIABILITY OF COUNTY — INVALID ATTEMPT OF SUPERVISOR TO COLLECT POLL TAX.</p> <p>An action by a road supervisor, under Bal. Code, § 3822, to enforce the payment of a road poll tax is a proceeding in behalf of the county, and hence where a judgment obtained by the road supervisor before a justice of the peace is vacated and set aside in the superior court, a judgment against the county for costs is warranted, inasmuch as the failure to obtain a valid judgment cannot be imputed to the justice and supervisor as a tort, so as to exonerate the county from liability.</p>