City of Seattle v. Columbia & Puget Sound Railroad

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Scott, J.

On the 14th day of March, 1882, the city of Seattle passed an ordinance purporting to grant a right-of-way to the Oregon & Transcontinental Railroad Company and the Columbia & Puget Sound Kailroad Company, to lay a single or double track along and upon certain streets therein described. The first section, describing the route, was amended October 29, 1883. The second section, omitting the seventh subdivision, which provided for the joint irse of such tracks by any other railroad company constructing a railroad to Seattle, and provided a method…