West Philadelphia Title & Trust Co. v. City of Olympia

Citations

• 19 Wash. 150
• 52 P. 1015
• 1898 Wash. LEXIS 341

Syllabus

<p>JUDGMENT — TIME OF ENTRY —CITY WARRANTS— DEFENSES AGAINST ASSIGNEE — VACATING JUDGMENT.</p> <p>The entry of a judgment some six months after its rendition does not render it void under the constitutional provision requiring a decision by the superior 'court Within ninety days after the final submission of any cause to it, when the decision of the court was in fact given orally at the close of the trial.</p> <p>Any defense that may be set up by a city against the original payee of its warrants is good as against his assignee.</p> <p>Where all questions concerning the validity of certain city warrants have been tried and determined in an action against the original payee of the warrants, an action by his assignee to vacate the judgment, more than four years after the entry of judgment in the original action, is not seasonably made.</p>