Tennent v. City of Seattle
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Prater, J., entered December 2, 1914, dismissing an action to restrain the issue of municipal bonds, after a trial to the court.
1Opinion of the CourtFullerton, J.
The appellant, a citizen and taxpayer of the city of Seattle, brought this action against the city to restrain it from issuing and delivering certain negotiable bonds, purporting to have been authorized by ordinance of the city of Seattle, and by the vote of the electors of the city at a special election at which the question of the issuance of such bonds was submitted. The court below, after a trial of the issues made by the pleadings, adjudged the action unfounded, and ordered its dismissal. This appeal followed.
The principal question suggested by the appellant is the sufficiency of the…
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