OPPORTUNITY TOWNSHIP v. DOEPKE

No. 35717.

58 Wn.2d 237 (1961)

361 P.2d 754

OPPORTUNITY TOWNSHIP, Appellant, v. GEORGE DOEPKE, Respondent.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

May 11, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edmund E. Lozier and Dressel & Lehan, for appellant.

Geo. W. Young, for respondent.


ROSELLINI, J.

We are asked to construe the statutes relating to townships and to determine whether a township poundmaster must be elected by the electors or appointed by the board of supervisors, and whether the statutes prescribe a definite term of office for him.

The respondent was first appointed poundmaster by the supervisors of Opportunity township in the year 1940, according to the town records which were introduced in evidence in the trial of this action...

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