Legal Opinion · Dissent

Irwin v. Estes

Washington Supreme Court

Decided November 26, 1969No. 41306Published

1DissentHale, J.

(dissenting) — The majority opinion, I think, shows one way not to run a railroad. Thirty or forty trains a day running at speeds of up to 75 miles per hour night and day through fields occupied by thousands of people is a public danger even if the tracks are on an elevated embankment. I, therefore, dissent.

I do agree, however, with the majority’s affirmance of the trial court’s ruling that the proposed Sky River Rock Festival and Lighter Than Air Fair would create a public and private nuisance and in sustaining the injunction. But the majority, as I do not, accepts the injunction according…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Bales v. City of TacomaWashington Supreme Court · 1933
  2. Turner v. City of SpokaneWashington Supreme Court · 1951
  3. Harris v. SkirvingWashington Supreme Court · 1952
  4. State v. McCoyWashington Supreme Court · 1922

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