Walla Walla Water Co. v. City of Walla Walla
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Washington
This was a bill for an injunction by the Walla Walla Water Company, a corporation, against the city of Walla Walla, to restrain 'the latter from proceeding to construct and establish works for supplying the city with water, and issuing negotiable bonds whereby to obtain money for that purpose. Application for injunction pen-dente lite granted, and demurrer to bill of complaint overruled.
1Opinion of the Court
HANFORD, District Judge.
The city of Walla Walla is a mu-riicipal corporation of the state of Washington, having a charter granted to it by a special act of the legislature of the territory of Washington in the year 1883 (Laws Wash. T. 1883, p. 270). The powers conferred upon the city by said charter include the following:
“See. 4. The city of Walla Walla shall have power ⅝ * * to provide lire engines and other apparatus and a sufficient supply of water, and to levy and collect special taxes for these purposes, not to exceed in any year throe-tenths of one per centum upon the taxable property…
2Cited by11 opinions
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- State ex rel. Webster v. Superior CourtWashington Supreme Court · 1912
- In re New York & W. Water Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1900
- In re State to Issue Bonds to Fund IndebtednessSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1912
- North Springs Water Co. v. City of TacomaWashington Supreme Court · 1899
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