Tacoma Gas & Electric Light Co. v. City of Tacoma

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Scott, J.

This action was brought by plaintiff to restrain, the city of Tacoma from enforcing an ordinance regulating the charge for gas furnished its citizens. ■ The complaint in substance alleged the incorporation of plaintiff in the State of Washington, the corporate existence of the city under the laws of the Territory of Washington and its subsequent adoption of a freeholders’ charter under the constitution. The grant by ordinance in 1884 to John W. Sprague, his associates and assigns of the right and privilege to supply the city of Tacoma and its…