Ewing v. City of Seattle
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the superior court for King county, Morris,. J., entered February 10, 1909, granting a temporary injunction, after a hearing before the court upon the pleadings and affidavits.
1Opinion of the CourtParker, J.
This is an appeal from an order granting a temporary injunction restraining the defendants from proceeding farther in their action towards granting to the intervener a franchise to construct and operate a street railway upon certain streets of the city of Seattle.
The power to grant such franchise by the legislative branch of the city government is found in the Laws of 1903, p. 364, as amended by the Laws of 1907, p. 192; and so far as applicable to this controversy, is as follows:
“The legislative authority of the city or town having control of any public street or road, or where such street…
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