26 Wash. 153 | Wash. | 1901
This is an action brought by respondent, the city of Port Angeles, to foreclose a reassessment on certain lots of appellants for the improvement of Birst street. Respondent Bridges intervened on the ground that he was owner of certain of the grade warrants issued by the city for said improvement. The contract for the improvement was let in the fall of 1891, and warrants in
Error of the court is assigned in finding that the original assessment was declared void by any court, in finding that a notice was given prior to making said reassessment, in concluding that said original assessment was invalid and that said reassessment was valid, and in refusing to adopt' defendants’ findings of fact and conclusions of law. In addition to the fact that the original assessment .was invalid, the record shows that it was declared invalid by a competent court of record, — not, it is true, in an action wherein the particular assessment involved in this case was involved; but it is sufficient that its legality has been declared directly, or by virtue of the decision of any competent court. It was said in State ex rel. Hemen v. Ballard, 16 Wash. 418 (47 Pac. 970), that the Laws of 1893, p. 226, § 1, providing for a reassessment for local improvements in cities and towns when the original assessment has been declared invalid for any cause, do not contemplate a direct proceeding for the purpose of adjudicating its invalidity, but it is sufficient if its illegality has