Puget Sound Power & Light Co. v. Asia
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Northern Division of the Western District of Washington; Jeremiah Neterer, Judge. _ _ Suit in_ equity by the Puget Sound Power & Eight Company against S. B. Asia and others. Decree for defendants, and complainant appeals. The court below dismissed the appellant’s amended bill of complaint for want of equity.
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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Northern Division of the Western District of Washington; Jeremiah Neterer, Judge. _ _ Suit in_ equity by the Puget Sound Power & Eight Company against S. B. Asia and others. Decree for defendants, and complainant appeals. The court below dismissed the appellant’s amended bill of complaint for want of equity. The following is the substance of the complaint: On March 31, 1919, the appellant sold and delivered to the city of Seattle a certain street railway system, in payment for which the city delivered to the appellant an issue of…
1Opinion of the CourtGilbert, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). [1] The burden of the appellant’s amended complaint is, in brief, that the appellees insist and assert that the obligation of the city on its bonds to the appellant is less comprehensive than it is in fact, and as it has been adjudged to be by a decision of the state Supreme Court, and that thereby the appellees have impaired the market value of the appellant’s bonds. The relief sought is that the appellees be enjoined from making such claims and assertions as to the construction- and meaning of the contract. A broader aspect is attempted to be given to the…
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