State ex rel. Goss v. Metaline Falls Light & Water Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Pend Oreille county, Jackson, J., entered April 11, 1913, dismissing an application for a writ of mandamus, on sustaining a demurrer to the petition.
1Opinion of the CourtCrow, C. J.
James W. Goss and Rosa Goss, his wife, as relators, petitioned the superior court for Pend Oreille county for a writ of mandamus requiring Metaline Falls Light & Water Company, a public service corporation, to furnish them with water at the rate of $5 per month. The defendant interposed a demurrer, which was sustained, and relators have appealed from an order of dismissal.
Appellants, in substance, alleged that they are owners of improved real estate, in Metaline Falls, in which they are conducting a restaurant and a retail liquor business; that respondent, a public service corporation, holds…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State ex rel. Hodgdon v. Hoquiam Water Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1912
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