State ex rel. Rush v. St. John

Citations

• 30 Wash. 630
• 71 P. 192
• 1903 Wash. LEXIS 356

Syllabus

<p>WARRANTS ON DITCH FUND-PAYMENT IN ORDER OE ISSUANCE-INTEREST.</p> <p>Under Laws 1895, p. 144, § 7, which provides that warrants drawn on a ditch fund created hy assessment for the payment of cost of construction of a ditch should he paid “in the order of their issue,” and under Laws 1893, p. 76, which provides that all warrants shall draw interest from date of presentation and nonpayment thereof, the holder of warrants against a ditch fund is entitled to their payment, with accrued interest, in the order of issuance, even if the payment of interest on such warrants prevents payment of subsequent warrants in the hands of other holders.</p>