State ex rel. City of Seattle v. Seattle Electric Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, William Hickman Moore, Esq., judge pro tempore, entered May 2, 1912, in favor of the defendant, dismissing an action for a writ of mandamus.
1Opinion of the CourtChadwick, J.
This is an action brought by the city of Seattle, to compel the Seattle Electric Company to issue half-fare tickets to pupils attending the state university and business colleges located in the city. The company is operating under a franchise granted in the year 1900, in which it is provided that “school children going to and returning from school shall ride for half fare.” It seems to have been assumed by both parties to the franchise, at the time it was granted and for some time thereafter, that the franchise in-*214eluded only those children who were in attendance upon the common schools, as…
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