A Ruling on School Bond Commissions
A Superior Court judge rules that two men must pay back the county for taking commissions on the sale of school bonds.
In the superior court yesterday, Judge Billings overruled the demurrer to the amended complaint in the case of School District No. 1 vs. R. C. Hill and Henry James. The result is, unless the supreme court reverses the opinion, that Messrs. Hill and James will have to pay the county $7,000, which amount they received as commissions for dealing $100,000 worth of school bonds. The state school law explicitly provides that from no school bonds sold shall any commission be deducted.
“The state school law explicitly provides that from no school bonds sold shall any commission be deducted.”
This case highlights a long-standing Seattle concern: the protection of public funds from private exploitation. Even over a century ago, the courts were clearing paths to ensure that money meant for schools actually stayed in the classroom.
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