Washington Supreme Court June 15, 1908, No. 7341 (State ex rel. Potter v. King County)

Dunbar, J.

A detailed statement of this case can be found in 45 Wash. 519, 88 Pac. 935, where it was held that a county has no power to issue its negotiable bonds in aid of the acquisition by the United States of a completed ship canal in said county, payable to the contractor upon completion of the canal and its acceptance by the government.