State ex rel. Attorney General v. Seattle Gas & Electric Co.

*490The opinion of the court was delivered by

White, J.

— The proceedings in this action are on information in the nature of qua warranto, instituted December 17, 1900, in the superior court of the state of Washington for King county, by Patrick H. Winston, as attorney general of tkestate,wliO'Sues, for the state and in its behalf, on his own motion, the defendant, who is alleged to be a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the state of Washington. The information alleges that for two year’s last past and upwards, at the city of Seattle, the said defendant has used, and still uses,…