Puget Sound Traction, Light & Power Co. v. City of Tacoma
District Court, W.D. Washington
In Equity. Suit by the Puget Sound Traction, Light & Power Company against the City of Tacoma. On motion for preliminary injunction.
1Opinion of the Court
CUSHMAN, District Judge.
Application is made by complainant for a temporary injunction, restraining the defendant from enforcing a certain ordinance requiring the complainant to put its wires underground, and further restraining the defendant from interfering with or taking possession of certain wires and poles, alleged to have been purchased by complainant from the Tacoma Railway & Power Company- .. In 1904 and 1905 identical franchises were granted by the city of Tacoma — one to the Sealtle-Tacoma Power Company, complainant’s grantor, and the other to the Tacoma Railway & Power Company, also…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Knoxville Water Co. v. KnoxvilleSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
- Fawcett v. Superior CourtWashington Supreme Court · 1896
- Wood v. City of SeattleWashington Supreme Court · 1900
- State ex rel. Commercial Electric Light & Power Co. v. StallcupWashington Supreme Court · 1896
- State ex rel. Martin v. PoindexterWashington Supreme Court · 1906
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3Cited by2 opinions
- City of Idaho Falls v. PfostIdaho Supreme Court · 1933
- Old Colony Trust Co. v. City of TacomaDistrict Court, W.D. Washington · 1915