State ex rel. Grinsfelder v. Spokane Street-Railway Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Reavis, J.

Application by relator for a writ of mandamus to compel the defendant, a street railway company, to operate a line of street railway to Rell Park addition to the city of Spokane. The alternative writ, founded on the affidavit of relator, was demurred to by the defendant, and, upon the overruling of the demurrer by the superior court, defendant answered denying some of the facts stated in the affidavit and setting up new matter, to which reply was made by relator. Upon the issues raised a trial was had before the court without the intervention…