Shelton v. Anacortes-Mount Vernon Stage Co.

Mrs. L. A. Shelton, doing business as Muk-ilteo-Whidby Stages, has operated for about ten years an auto transportation service which authorizes her to carry passengers between Seattle, over the Pacific highway, to Mukilteo; thence by ferry to Whidby Island; thence north to Oak Harbor, the other terminal, which is near the north end of Whidby Island.

Whidby Island is a large island in Puget Sound. The southern tip of the island is due west on a point midway between Edmonds and Mukilteo, while the northern end of the island is approximately due west from Mount Vernon. The island is approximately…