Legal Opinion

State ex rel. Schafer v. City of Spokane

Washington Supreme Court

Decided January 9, 1920No. 15569PublishedCited by 27 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Spokane county, Webster, J., entered September 9, 1919, dismissing- an application for a writ of mandamus” to compel the issuance to relator of a license to operate a jitney bus.

1Opinion of the CourtTolman, J.

— Appellant, as relator, brought this action seeking an order of court requiring officials of the city of Spokane to issue to him a license or permit to operate a jitney bus as a common carrier of passengers for hire over a. certain fixed route in that city, described in the application therefor. The case was tried upon the pleadings and certain affidavits, from which it appears that appellant has complied with all of the statutes of the state and ordinances of the city relative to the subject-matter; is the owner of a proper motor car fitted with seating capacity for sixteen passengers ;…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Ex parte DickeyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1915
  2. Commonwealth v. KingsburyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1908
  3. Hadfield v. LundinWashington Supreme Court · 1917
  4. Fifth Avenue Coach Co. v. City of New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
  5. Allen v. City of BellinghamWashington Supreme Court · 1917

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3Cited by27 opinions

  1. City of Seattle v. FordWashington Supreme Court · 1927
  2. Brown v. City of SeattleWashington Supreme Court · 1928
  3. Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. SchoenfeldtWashington Supreme Court · 1923
  4. Northwestern National Insurance v. FishbackWashington Supreme Court · 1924
  5. Vincent v. City of SeattleWashington Supreme Court · 1921

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