Malone v. Clise

This is an action for an accounting of the profits alleged to have been obtained from the sale of a franchise to distribute gas in the city of Seattle.

Plaintiff contends that in February, 1900, a joint undertaking was entered into between himself and defendant to obtain a franchise from the city of Seattle to distribute gas therein and that thereafter the franchise in question was obtained in the name of plaintiff and by him assigned to defendant. Pursuant to this franchise it is claimed a gas plant was erected and in 1904 sold for a large sum, of which plaintiff claims to he entitled to…