Legal Opinion
Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. City of Everett
Washington Supreme Court
Decided July 17, 1917No. 13411PublishedCited by 8 opinions
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Snohomish county, Alston, J., entered November 18, 1915, dismissing an action to restrain the enforcement of an ordinance, upon sustaining a demurrer to the complaint.
1Opinion of the CourtFullerton, J.
On May 12, 1896, the city council of the city of Everett, by ordinance duly enacted, granted to the appellant Sunset Telephone and Telegraph Company a franchise, subj ect to certain conditions and regulations, empowering it to erect and maintain within the corporate limits of the city named a telephone and telegraph system. The ordinance, omitting its formal parts, is as follows:
“Section 1.—There is hereby granted to the Sunset Telephone and Telegraph Co., its successors and assigns, the right to erect poles and stretch thereon wires and similar conductors for the transmission of electricity…
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3Cited by8 opinions
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