Seattle Lighting Co. v. City of Seattle
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Morris, J., entered February 5, 1909, in favor of the plaintiff, granting a writ of mandate to compel the issuance of a permit to lay gas mains in certain streets of a city, after overruling a demurrer to the affidavit.
1Opinion of the CourtMount, J.
Respondent brought this action in the lower court by mandamus, to compel the city of Seattle and its board of public works to issue a permit to respondent to lay gas mains in certain streets of said city. The appellants filed *10a general demurrer to the affidavit for • the writ. This • demurrer was overruled. The- appellants stood on the demurrer. The lower court thereupon issued' the writ as prayed for, and this appeal' followed.
The question in the case is whether franchises heretofore granted, authorizing the respondent to lay and maintain gas mains in the city generally, authorize respondent…
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