Minish v. Hanson

This action was brought to restrain the auditor of Whatcom County and the commissioners of Whatcom County Water District No. 5, a municipal corporation, from submitting to the electors of that district a proposition that the district be dissolved. It was the contention of the plaintiffs that such a dissolution would result in the impairment of the obligation which the water district had incurred under a contract with the plaintiffs, in contravention of Art. 1, § 23, of the state constitution. The trial court granted the plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment and permanently enjoined the…