McCormacks, Inc. v. City of Tacoma

— The defendant city of Tacoma, a municipal corporation, is the owner and operator of both an electric light and power plant and a water system. In 1916, McCormack Bros. Co., a corporation, filed written application to be furnished with water and electricity for the premises occuped by it in Tacoma. John S. Baker Investment Co., a corporation, the in-tervener herein, was then and still is the owner of those premises. Electricity and water were furnished continuously by the city of Tacoma from 1916 until McCormack Bros. Co. was adjudged insolvent, and a receiver was appointed to wind up its…