Wedemeyer v. Crouch

Citations

• 68 Wash. 14
• 122 P. 366
• 1912 Wash. LEXIS 1239

Syllabus

<p>Agriculture — Noxious Weeds — Notice—Due Process — Constitutional Law. Rem. & Bal. Code, §§ 3033-3041, as amended hy Laws 1911, p. 327, providing for a charge against lands for cutting down noxious weeds, upon the owner’s default, is not obnoxious to the due process clause of the Federal and state constitutions by reason of want of notice and opportunity to contest the claim, in view of the provisions requiring a notice to the owner, agent or occupant, which, in the case of nonresidents, may be posted upon the land, and requiring a verified statement of the expense to be sent to the owner and presented to the county commissioners to be allowed and added to the tax lien against him, the owner being given thirty days to pay up or file objections; since the notice is sufficient and the commissioners are made the tribunal to pass upon all questions of fact affecting the claim.</p>