Legal Opinion

Bellingham Bay Improvement Co. v. Fairhaven & New Whatcom Railway Co.

Washington Supreme Court

Decided July 15, 1897No. 2625PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Appeal from Superior Court, Whatcom County. — Hon. Joins' R. Winn, Judge.

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Gordon, J.

Separate appeals have been taken by the Rairhaven and Hew Whatcom Railway Company and the Atlantic Trust Company, as trustee, from a judgment and decree of the superior court of Whatcom county which awarded respondent, the Bellingham Bay Improvement Company, a judgment against the railway company, and decreed priority of such judgment over the mortgage claim of the trust company. The judgment and decree were rendered on an order overruling separate demurrers of the appellants to the amended cross-complaint of the respon*373dent as intervenor. The…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Fosdick v. SchallSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
  2. Miltenberger v. Logansport Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1882
  3. Burnham v. BowenSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
  4. Union Trust Company v. SoutherSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
  5. Hale v. FrostSupreme Court of the United States · 1879

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Dolph v. Cincinnati, Bluffton & Chicago RailroadIndiana Court of Appeals · 1913
  2. Crane Co. v. Fidelity Trust Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1916
  3. Jess Ortiz v. Inga SterlingCourt of Appeals of Washington · 2017

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