Legal Opinion
Old Colony Trust Co. v. City of Seattle
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 1, 1926No. 194PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
■ Me. Justice Van' Devanter
delivered the opinion of the Court.
In the beginning of the year 1919 the Puget Sound Power & Light Company owned and was operating two public utilities in the City of Seattle — one a power and lighting system and the other a-street railway system. It still owns and operates the power and lighting system, and; the Old Colony Trust Company is the trustee in a mortgage which was given thereon in 1921 _to secure a large issue of bonds still outstanding.
The City of Seattle How owns and operates the street railway system. The ■ transfer from the Puget Sound Company to the…
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