Wurster v. City of Seattle

Citations

• 51 Wash. 654
• 100 P. 143
• 1909 Wash. LEXIS 1249

Syllabus

<p>Municipal Corporations — Actions—Claims—As Condition Precedent — Reasonableness of Requirements ■ — - Statement of Claimant’s Residence. It is an unreasonable requirement that a claimant for damages against a city shall state his residence for one year last past in a claim to be filed with the city, as a condition precedent to action against the city, and hence one that the city has no power to enforce by ordinance (Chadwick, Fullerton, and Mount, JJ., dissenting).</p>