Turner Investment Co. v. City of Seattle
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Gilliam, J., entered November 3, 1911, upon sustaining a demurrer to the complaint, dismissing an action on contract.
1Opinion of the CourtEllis, J.
Action to recover damages for breach of contract. The court sustained a demurrer to the complaint upon the ground that it failed to state a cause of action. The plaintiff electing to stand upon its complaint, the court entered a judgment dismissing the action with costs. The plaintiff has appealed.
The complaint in substance alleges; that the defendant, by Ordinance No. 13,513, authorized its board of public works to make a contract with the owners of certain lots and parcels of land abutting upon that portion of Third avenue and Third avenue produced, from the north line of Pine street to the…
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