Legal Opinion

Yesler v. City of Seattle

Washington Supreme Court

Decided September 17, 1890No. 87PublishedCited by 141 opinions

Appeal from, Superior Court, King County. The facts are fully stated iu the opinion.

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Stiles, J.

In this appeal the matter of the issuance of the same bonds which were the subject-matter of the recent case of Metcalf v. Seattle, ante, p. 297, was again in controversy, the appellants seeking to enjoin the sale of the bonds to purchasers approved by the city council of the city of Seattle, upon the several grounds which will be stated and discussed in order.

1. Appellants maintain that, inasmuch as % 12 of the act incorporating the city of Seattle (Acts of 1886, p. 244) grants power to that city to erect and maintain waterworks, provided…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Anthony v. County of JasperSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
  2. State of Illinois v. DelafieldNew York Court of Chancery · 1840
  3. Coler v. CleburneSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
  4. Union Pacific Railroad v. Commissioners of Colfax CountyNebraska Supreme Court · 1876
  5. Board of Supervisors v. WalbridgeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1875

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3Cited by141 opinions

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  3. Mutual Life Insurance v. Hurni Packing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1923
  4. Badger v. PhinneyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1819
  5. Uhler v. City of OlympiaWashington Supreme Court · 1915

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