Crawford v. Seattle, Renton & Southern Railway Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the superior court for King county, Frater, J., entered July 24, 1916, upon findings in favor of the defendants, rej ecting a claim in receivership proceedings for franchise rentals due a city from a street railway corporation.
1Opinion of the CourtParker, J.
The city of Seattle filed in the above entitled action its petition for allowance of its claim against the receivers of the Seattle, Renton and Southern Railway Company appointed therein. The city’s claim is for $13,078, being two per cent of the gross receipts of the operation of the lines of the railway company, and is rested upon the provisions of the franchise granted to it by the city. Trial upon the merits in the superior court resulted in findings and judgment denying recovery by the city, from which it has appealed to this court.
During the period here in question, the lines of the…
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