Legal Opinion
Washington ex rel. City of Seattle v. Oregon-Washington R. & Nav. Co.
District Court, W.D. Washington
Decided September 26, 1934No. 1028PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
BOWEN, District Judge.
By previous decisions of this court, it is held that the court must look through the form of the proceeding to the substance of it, and, upon the authority of such previous decisions, this action, being in effect to compel specific performance of franchises granted by the city to the respondents, is in its nature an action to compel the specific performance of contracts of the respondents to construct bridges, viaducts, and grades in accordance with the terms of franchises granted by the city and accepted by the respondents. State of Washington v. Tacoma Ry. & Power Co.…
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- Cahalan Investment Co. v. Yakima Central Heating Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1920
- Ferguson v. Omaha & S. W. R.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1915
- Pantages v. GraumanCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1911
- New Orleans, Mobile & Texas Railway Co. v. Mississippi Ex Rel. District AttorneySupreme Court of the United States · 1884
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- Johnson v. Interstate Power CompanyDistrict Court, D. South Dakota · 1960