Legal Opinion

City of Seattle v. Hinckley

Washington Supreme Court

Decided November 13, 1905No. 5760PublishedCited by 36 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Griffin, J., entered April 12, 1905, upon stipulated facts, acquitting the defendant of the violation of a municipal ordinance respecting fire escapes, upon an appeal from a conviction in a justice’s court.

1Opinion of the CourtDunbar, J.

The city of Seattle, appellant in this ease, instituted a criminal action against the defendant and respondent for the violation of a certain ordinance of the said city of Seattle. The respondent was tried and convicted in a police court, and fined in the sum of $50. Hpon appeal to the superior court, the case being submitted upon a statement of facts, tbe respondent was acquitted. Tbe essential *469part of the ordinance the violation of which is charged is as follows:

“That all hotels, office buildings, factories, tenements, and lodging houses, more than three stories in height, shall have at the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. City of Buffalo v. . ChadeayneNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
  2. Commonwealth v. RobertsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1892

3Cited by36 opinions

  1. Juanita Bay Valley Community Ass'n v. City of KirklandCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1973
  2. Mission Springs Inc. v. City of SpokaneWashington Supreme Court · 1998
  3. Hass v. City of KirklandWashington Supreme Court · 1971
  4. Ford v. Bellingham-Whatcom County District Board of HealthCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1977
  5. Christianson v. Snohomish Health Dist.Washington Supreme Court · 1997

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