Jackson v. Commercial Waterway District No. 1
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Pierce county, Chapman, J., entered March 11, 1915, upon sustaining a demurrer to the complaint, dismissing an action to annul the organization of a commercial waterway district, tried to the court.
1Opinion of the CourtMorris, C. J.
Action to annul the organization of commercial waterway district No. 1 of Pierce county, and to enjoin respondent commissioners from acting as commissioners of such district. The validity of the district organization is attacked solely upon the grounds that certain community lands were included in the proposed district, and that the petition initiating the formation of the district was signed by the husbands alone, it being asserted that excluding such lands from the petition will leave less than the requisite area represented by the petition. It being conceded that the statute relating to…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Collins v. City of EllensburgWashington Supreme Court · 1912
- Bowers v. GoodWashington Supreme Court · 1909
- Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. Pierce CountyWashington Supreme Court · 1908
- Chandler v. City of PuyallupWashington Supreme Court · 1912
- Washington State Bank v. DicksonWashington Supreme Court · 1904
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Ruffin v. SewellWashington Supreme Court · 1925
- State ex rel. O'Phelan v. LundquistWashington Supreme Court · 1918