Fox v. City of Seattle
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Honorable J. A. Stratton, judge pro tempore, entered June 15, 1906, in favor of the defendant, upon sustaining a demurrer to the complaint, in an action to enjoin tbe issuance of municipal bonds.
1Opinion of the CourtDuhbab, J.
This action was brought by the plaintiff to enjoin the defendant from issuing $1,100,000 of municipal bonds, $600,000 to ¡provide funds for extensions to the municipal lighting plant of the city, and $500,000 to provide funds for the purchase of property for park purposes. The defendant city claims to- be authorized to' issue said bonds by virtue of an authority conferred upon it by the electors of the city at the last general election, in the month of March last, at which election the proposition of the issuance) of these bonds for the above purposes was submitted to a vote of the people. It…
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