Legal Opinion

Soule v. City of Seattle

Washington Supreme Court

Decided May 8, 1893No. 732PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Appeal from Superior Court, King County.

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Stiles, J.

After the decision of this court in Wilson v. Seattle, 2 Wash. 543 (27 Pac. Rep. 474), respondent, as assignee of the contractor for the work on South Twelfth street, brought a suit against the city, setting out the facts showing the issuance to his assignor of a large number of city warrants as partial payment of his claim for the work done in grading, sidewalking and guttering the street, their *316non-payment, and the failure of the city to provide any fund for their payment by means of a special assessment. The complaint was addressed to the…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Hitchcock v. GalvestonSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
  2. Mayor v. RaySupreme Court of the United States · 1874
  3. Pond v. NegusMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1807
  4. City of Memphis v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
  5. Hines v. City of LeavenworthSupreme Court of Kansas · 1865

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Gruen v. State Tax CommissionWashington Supreme Court · 1949
  2. German-American Savings Bank v. City of SpokaneWashington Supreme Court · 1897
  3. Potter v. City of WhatcomWashington Supreme Court · 1901
  4. Bank of British Columbia v. City of Port TownsendWashington Supreme Court · 1897
  5. Stephens v. City of SpokaneWashington Supreme Court · 1896

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