Legal Opinion

Columbia & Puget Sound Railroad v. City of Seattle

Washington Supreme Court

Decided December 17, 1903No. 4866PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Hatch, J., entered July 3, 1903, after a trial upon the merits before the court without a jury, quieting the plaintiff’s title to premises and granting an injunction.

1Opinion of the CourtHadley, J.

The appellant City of Seattle, through its co-appellants constituting the board of public works of said city,' issued to the respondent a building permit granting leave to erect a building in said city. The permit was after-wards withdrawn, as far as it related to a portion of the land upon which respondent sought to build. This action was then brought to procure a mandatory injunction commanding appellants to forthwith cancel the revocation of the permit, and to issue another granting leave to erect the building upon the premise as described in respondent’s ap*515plication. The prayer of the…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Irwin v. DixionSupreme Court of the United States · 1850
  2. Webb v. City of DemopolisSupreme Court of Alabama · 1891
  3. Holdane v. . Trustees of the Village of Cold SpringNew York Court of Appeals · 1860
  4. Dicken v. Liverpool Salt & Coal Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1895
  5. Shellhouse v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1887

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Roundtree v. HutchinsonWashington Supreme Court · 1910
  2. Cummins v. King CountyWashington Supreme Court · 1967
  3. Olson Land Co. v. City of SeattleWashington Supreme Court · 1913
  4. Osborne v. City of SeattleWashington Supreme Court · 1909
  5. Forrester v. FisherWashington Supreme Court · 1943

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