Legal Opinion

Stallcup v. City of Tacoma

Washington Supreme Court

Decided November 29, 1895No. 1893PublishedCited by 30 opinions

Appeal from Superior Court, Pierce County.—Hon. Emmett N. Parker, Judge.

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Gordon, J.

This action was brought by the appellant, a citizen and taxpayer of the city of Tacoma, for himself and all others similarly situated, against the respondent city to enjoin it from paying the interest on 1,750 negotiable, interest bearing bonds of the denomination of $1,000.00 each?, said bonds having been issued by the respondent city and delivered to one C. B. Wright and to the Tacoma Light and Water Company, a corporation, (of which said corporation the said Wright is the principal stockholder), in exchange for a certain light and water…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Cromwell v. County of SacSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
  2. Mallow v. HindeSupreme Court of the United States · 1827
  3. Burlen v. ShannonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1868
  4. Stewart v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1855
  5. California v. Southern Pacific Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1895

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3Cited by30 opinions

  1. City of El Reno v. Cleveland-Trinidad Paving Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1910
  2. Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. Snohomish CountyWashington Supreme Court · 1918
  3. Lindsay v. AllenTennessee Supreme Court · 1904
  4. Henry v. Town of OakvilleCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1981
  5. People ex rel. Gibbons v. ClarkIllinois Supreme Court · 1920

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