Stetson v. City of Seattle
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Everett Smith, J., entered March 26, 1913, dismissing an action for equitable relief, upon sustaining a demurrer to the complaint.
1Opinion of the CourtChadwick, J.
— The plaintiffs, who are employed by the city of Seattle in the marine fire department, have brought this action to compel the city to fix their hours of work under an ordinance No. 30730, to which we shall presently refer.
*608Prior to the adoption of ordinance No. 30730, the employees in the marine fire department were controlled by the provisions of ordinance No. 30039. This ordinance was passed by the city council of the city of Seattle on September 16, 1912, and was approved by the mayor on the following day. It provided that “from and after the 2nd day of April, 1913,” firemen, other than…
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