Clise v. City of Seattle

(dissenting) — I can yield my concurrence as to the validity of the appropriation for the purchase of the property under the Beach drive improvement for the reasons stated in the opinion.

I cannot, however, yield my assent to the legality of the appropriation for the purchase of the Sears tract.

In that matter, it was obvious that the object of the appropriation was to cover, and it was made as a mere subterfuge for the purpose of evading the provisions of the charter quoted in the majority opinion and the effect of our decisions in certain cases. The Sears tract is the one affected by the…