Cook v. City of Delta

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The parties to this litigation appear here as in the district court and reference will be made to them as plaintiffs and defendants.

The. city of Delta operates under a charter adopted pursuant to article XX of the state Constitution and is known as a home rule city. Its electric and power demands are now supplied by a privately owned public utility the franchise of which expired in 1928. Section 100 of the. city charter as adopted in 1912 provided that the city might acquire a municipal light and power plant only after submission of the question of such acquisition to a vote of the…