Seattle Electric Co. v. City of Seattle
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Albertson, J., entered December 12, 1912, in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for an injunction, tried to the court.
1Opinion of the CourtMain, J.
This action was begun for the purpose of securing injunctive relief.
The plaintiff is a public service corporation, owning and operating a street railway system in the city of Seattle, over approximately one hundred and eighty miles of track, under and by virtue of franchises granted by such city. The defendant city is a municipal corporation of the first class.
During the month of October, 1911, the city council of the city of Seattle passed an ordinance for the purpose of regulating the operation of electric street cars. The object of this ordinance was two-fold: First, prevention of…
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