Legal Opinion
Commercial Electric Light & Power Co. v. City of Tacoma
Washington Supreme Court
Decided October 5, 1897No. 2541PublishedCited by 13 opinions
Appeal from Superior Court, Pierce County. — Hon. W. H. PjRitchakd, Judge.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Anders, J.
The city council of the city of Tacoma passed an ordinance No. 318, approved May 31, 1890, and entitled, "An ordinance granting to the Tacoma Electric Company and its assigns the right to erect poles and stretch wires thereon for electric purposes.” Section 1 of this ordinance provides as follows:
“ That there be and is hereby granted to Tacoma Electric Company and to its assigns the right, privilege, authority and franchise to locate, erect, place, maintain and use in the streets and alleys, within the city of Tacoma, poles with necessary…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Gibbs v. Consolidated Gas Co. of BaltimoreSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
- Oregon Railway & Navigation Co. v. Oregonian Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1889
- Ludlow v. New-York & Harlem RailroadNew York Supreme Court · 1852
- People ex rel. Maybury v. Mutual Gas-Light Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1878
- Spokane Street Railway Co. v. City of Spokane FallsWashington Supreme Court · 1893
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3Cited by13 opinions
- State ex rel. Grinsfelder v. Spokane Street-Railway Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1898
- State ex rel. Ellertsen v. Home Telephone & Telegraph Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1918
- McCorkle v. MalloryWashington Supreme Court · 1903
- Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. City of EverettWashington Supreme Court · 1917
- Ahern v. Richardson CountyNebraska Supreme Court · 1934
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